![]() And the African arrivals were slaves, not indentured servants. The barbaric institution of slavery surely damaged millions of black lives, but those “firsts” didn’t happen.Īnd the ship bearing those 1619 captives didn’t arrive at Jamestown. “It was the beginning of a barbaric trade of human lives.” - President Donald Trump, speaking July 30 in Jamestown. ![]() That 1619 event was “the first documented arrival of enslaved Africans in an area that would go on to become part of the United States.” - the BBC, July 31. “Four hundred years ago this month, the first African slaves arrived in North America on a ship landing at the Jamestown colony in what is today Virginia.” - PBS Newshour, Aug. ![]() ![]() You might have heard about the commemoration taking place later this month. ![]()
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