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.
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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
The first African slaves were brought to the American colonies by the Spanish. They were located in the San Miguel de Gualdape colony, founded by Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon.