1619
the first African Americans in the English colony were brought to Plymouth rock by George Washington.
Virginia
The colony were Africans among the first colonists was South Carolina.
The colony were Africans among the first colonists was South Carolina.
The first colony to import enslaved Africans in 1619 was Virginia. A group of about 20 enslaved Africans was brought to Jamestown, marking the beginning of a system of racial slavery in the English colonies. This event laid the groundwork for the extensive use of slave labor in the agricultural economy of the American South.
In the Carolina Colony.
In 1619,a Dutch ship brought the first 20 slaves to the English colony of Virginia.
The first 20 Africans brought to America as slaves were brought here in 1619. They were brought the colony of Jamestown, in Virginia. It is believed that, similar to indentured servants, they were freed after a certain amount of time.
The first African Americans in the English colonies were brought to Jamestown.
1619
1619 is when the first slaves were brought over.
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!