Posted on Aug 20, 2020
First enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown, setting the stage for slavery in North America
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On August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by the Portuguese, arrive in the British colony of Virginia and are then bought by English colonists. The arrival of the enslaved Africans in the New World marks a beginning of two and a half centuries of slavery in North America.
On August 20, 1619, “20 and odd” Angolans, kidnapped by the Portuguese, arrive in the British colony of Virginia and are then bought by English colonists. The arrival of the enslaved Africans in the New World marks a beginning of two and a half centuries of slavery in North America.
First enslaved Africans arrive in Jamestown, setting the stage for slavery in North America
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SP5 Jim Curry SSG (Join to see) Capt Jeff S. SSG Stephen Rogerson 1SG Dennis Hicks CPL Douglas Chrysler PO1 John Johnson SSgt Marian Mitchell A1C Doug Towsley PVT Mark Brown Sgt Bob Leonard Cpl Craig Meaux SSG Franklin Briant SrA Ronald Moore SGM Bill Frazer CMSgt Virgil Horsley SFC (Join to see) LCpl Brad Gross PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon
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Two words that are very prominent my mind the first is kidnapped the second is enslaved.
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Sad Day Indeed. Portugal should be made to pay reparations for Bringing this to our shores.
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