First Enslaved Africans in America
Moments In Civil Rights History
On August 20, 1619, the first enslaved Africans arrived in the colony of Virginia at Point Comfort on the James River. There, "20 and odd Negroes" from the White Lion, an English ship were sold in exchange for food; the remaining Africans were transported to Jamestown and sold into slavery.
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