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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
not a happy anniversay:
‘On Aug 20, 1619: Traffickers Bring First Enslaved Africans to Jamestown, Virginia… the first enslaved Africans were brought in the Virginia colony at Point Comfort on the James River on August 20, 1619. It was reported that “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… Spanish records suggest they were captured in Angola, then a Portuguese colony… [then] stolen by two English ships, the White Lion and the Treasurer. Once in Virginia, the enslaved Africans were dispersed throughout the colony.’