African slaves arrive at Jamestown.
(drawing of episode)
Date:
Tue, 1619-08-20
It was on this date in 1619 that 20 Africans arrive in Jamestown, Virginia, aboard a Dutch ship.
They were the first black Africans on record to be forcibly settled as involuntary laborers in the North American British Colonies.
Reference:
Black First:
2,000 years of extraordinary achievement
by Jessie Carney Smith
Copyright 1994 Visible Ink Press, Detroit, MI
ISBN 0-8103-9490-1