First enslaved Africans are brought to Virginia

First enslaved Africans are brought to Virginia

4 years ago By Chase Brush
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After stealing them from a Portuguese vessel in the Caribbean, two English privateers bring the first enslaved Africans to the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, where they're bought by colonists. The day marks the beginning of two and a half centuries of slavery in America. 

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1619
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