People from around the country are expected to gather in Hampton, Virginia on Friday to commemorate a pivotal moment in American history: 400 years ago, the first documented enslaved Africans arrived in English
A family that traces its bloodline to America's first enslaved Africans says their ancestors endured unimaginable toil and hardship, but they also helped forge the nation.
Andre Bradshaw, left, and Eric Jackson stand at an unmarked grave at the Tucker Family Cemetery in Hampton, Va. on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. They are part of a larger family that traces its roots back to the first enslaved Africans to arrive in what is now Virginia in 1619. (AP ...
Taken by Portuguese slave traders, kidnapped by English pirates, and taken far from home, African arrivals to Virginia in 1619 marked the origins of U.S. slavery.
Patrick began his mission to Ireland in 432, and by his death in 461, the island was almost entirely Christian. Early Irish settlers to the American colonies, many of whom were indentured servants, brought the Irish tradition of celebrating St. Patrick’s feast day to America. The first ...
It included an unknown number of free and enslaved Africans that were part of this colonial expedition. 1565年,圣徒Augustine聚居地在佛罗里达,建立由Pedro ・ Menendez de Aviles,在北美洲成为了第一永久欧洲解决。 它包括是这次殖民地远征的一部分自由和被奴役的非洲人的一个未知数。 [translate] ...
enslaved Africans. By 1730 Jamaica's 75,000 slaves produced 15,500 tons of sugar and the island replaced Barbados as Britain's most prized colony. In 1808 the slave population exceeded 324,000 and produced 78,000 tons of sugar. Oliver Cromwell's government attempted to balance the white to...
the law redistributed land from absentee landlords to the peasants who farmed it. According toEcuador: A Country Study,this act improved the lives of tens of thousands of poor Ecuadorans, and brought a measure of social justice to the countryside. But it also shook up what had been a stable...