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The first African slaves arrived in Virginia in 1619.
In the year 1619 was the first arrival of enslaved African Americans to the English colonies
The first Africans arrived in Hispaniola in 1502. They were brought by the Spanish as enslaved individuals to work on plantations and mines.
1492
they came in ships
As early as 1550 the Spanish brought slaves to Mexico . It is estimated that 12 million people were enslaved and were part of the early economics of the New Worlds.
The very first emancipation proclamation said that all slaves in the Confederate States of America are free, which had no effect on slaves from Virginia because it was part of the Confederacy.
1619
They first went to the middle colonies but as farming grew bigger in the south the slaves then moved to the southern colonies
The First Americans were Native Americans, Iroquois and Algonquian.
1619
The first African American bank was located in Richmond, Virginia.