The First Africans Brought to Virginia in 1619

Colonial African politics and warfare, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, piracy, Colonial American politics and legislation, indentured servitude and tobacco cultivation. There is a lot to digest when it comes to the arrival of the first Africans in English North America. Join Hampton History Museum Educator Kris Peters as he breaks down where these folks came from, how they got here, and what happened to them when they arrived in Virginia.

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