Sometime in August 1619, the first Africans in the English colonies arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, just a few miles away from what would become the College of William and Mary, founded in 1693 as a ...
JAMESTOWN —Wanda Tucker and Antonio D. Charity want to encourage others to learn more about their own family history, despite how difficult it may be. Their stories were part of Jamestown Settlement’s ...
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – In 2019, Virginia commemorated the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved Africans brought to English North America. In 1619, about 20 Africans were brought against their will ...