1619 was the first year on record, in which a small group of African Americans were brought to Roanoke (I believe). There weren't any written laws specifically defining slavery, so there isn't anything concrete to suggest that they were initially slaves.
the first African Americans in the English colony were brought to Plymouth rock by George Washington.
The first African Americans in the English colonies were brought to Jamestown.
1619
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!
1619
1619?
In 1619,a Dutch ship brought the first 20 slaves to the English colony of Virginia.
The British (English) settlers brought the first African American slaves over. In fact, they where the only people who brought African American slaves over to America.
Jamestown, VA
Jamestown.
the first English colony was Roanoke islandjamestown
Slaves first arrived in America in 1619 when a group of about 20 African individuals were brought to the English colony of Virginia. They were captured by Portuguese slave traders and sold to English colonists, marking the beginning of African slavery in what would become the United States. This event set the stage for the widespread institutionalization of slavery in the American colonies.