SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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The first slave ship arrived in America
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Portugal captured the first slaves.
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The first slave ship crossed the Middle Passage.
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The first weapons were brought from Europe to Africa.
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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 arrival of fresh supplies from England in the spring fortified the colony and enabled it to endure. On July 30, 1619, under the provisions of the Virginia Company Charter, the General Assembly met in Jamestown “to establish …