Arrival of the First Documented Africans in English America
- 2023
- 53m
In 2019, Americans commemorated the four hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the first documented Africans in English America, who arrived in Virginia from Angola in August 1619. This mo... Read allIn 2019, Americans commemorated the four hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the first documented Africans in English America, who arrived in Virginia from Angola in August 1619. This momentous arrival, an event that inspired new scholarship on the meaning of our nation's ori... Read allIn 2019, Americans commemorated the four hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the first documented Africans in English America, who arrived in Virginia from Angola in August 1619. This momentous arrival, an event that inspired new scholarship on the meaning of our nation's origins and founding principles, as well as sparked a fierce controversy over the legacy of s... Read all