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The first Africans in New Amsterdam arrived as enslaved laborers in 1626. They were brought to the colony by the Dutch West India Company to work on various projects, including building infrastructure and cultivating land. This marked the beginning of the presence of African people in what would become New York City, setting the stage for a complex history of slavery and labor in the region.

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