Virginia Dare was the first non-native child, that happened to be Christian, born in Colonial America. She was born on August 18th, 1587 in the colony of Roanoke in present day North Carolina.
The first child born in the American Colonies of African descent was William Tucker, who was baptized on January 3, 1624 in Jamestown, Virginia.
1. Who was the first child of African American parents in England's American colonies?
Agustin, son of slaves Agustin and Francisca, was the first documented African-American, born in St. Augustine in 1606 (before Jamestown was even founded). Others have answered William Tucker (born free in Jamestown in 1923) which ignores the fact that the British colonies were preceded on American soil by Spanish colonies.
1. Who was the first child of African American parents in England's American colonies?
Virginia Dare was the first child born in the American colonies, on August 18, 1587. She was born on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
1. Who was the first child of African parents in England's American colonies?
That was Virginia Dare, born on 18 August 1587 on Roanoke Island. Well actually Virginia Dare was the first English child born in North America but the question is Who was the first African American child born in the colonies and it was William Tucker
Agustin, son of slaves Agustin and Francisca, was the first documented African-American, born in St. Augustine in 1606 (before Jamestown was even founded). Others have answered William Tucker (born free in Jamestown in 1923) which ignores the fact that the British colonies were preceded on American soil by Spanish colonies.
The first American colonies by Britain were founded along the east coast, the first permanent colony being Jamestown, Virginia.
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