The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
They depended on slaves too much, and when slaves were outlawed, things turned havoc
In 1619,a Dutch ship brought the first 20 slaves to the English colony of Virginia.
the first English colony was Roanoke islandjamestown
Virginia
Carolina was the colony that was populated by the first mass influx of slaves.
How long was it from the first english colony to the last one?
Jamestown, Virginia
The first permanent English colony was Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. It was the first to be settled in the Americas.
Roanoke Colony
Virginia
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