USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In late August, 1619, 20-30 enslaved Africans landed at Point Comfort, today’s Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., aboard the English privateer ship White Lion. In Virginia, these Africans were traded in exchange for supplies. Several days later, a second ship (Treasurer) arrived in Virginia with additional enslaved Africans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Despite this classification-and records which indicate that some of them did eventually obtain their freedom-it is clear that the Africans arriving at Point Comfort in 1619 were forced into servitude and that they fit the Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ definition of enslaved peoples.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Africans in Virginia Landed in 1619. It Was a Turning Point for Slavery in American History-But Not the Beginning. It was 400 years ago, “about the latter end of August, ” that an English privateer ship reached Point Comfort on the Virginia peninsula.

Detailed explanation-4: -In August 1619, the first English North American slave ship landed in Jamestown, Virginia. Four hundred years later, we still experience the effects of slavery’s aftermath.

Detailed explanation-5: -In late August, 1619, around 30 enslaved Africans were brought to Virginia aboard the English privateer ship White Lion. At Point Comfort, they were sold to Virginia Company officials in return for supplies. A few days later, 2-3 additional enslaved Africans were traded by the ship Treasurer.