1619: 400 years ago, a ship arrived in Virginia, bearing human cargo

THE ARRIVAL OF 20 AND ODD ENSLAVED AFRICANS IN 1619 HAS BEEN CALLED THE BEGINNING OF U.S. SLAVERY. IT’S ACTUALLY FAR MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.  BY E.R. Shipp, Special to USA TODAY After having been kidnapped from their villages in what is present-day Angola, forced onto a Portuguese slave ship bound for what Europeans called […] The post 1619: 400 years ago, a ship arrived in Virginia, bearing human cargo appeared first on The Most Influential Contemporary African Diaspora Leaders.

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