The initial Africans first set foot in the continent of America during or round about the age of the Egyptian Dynasties (btw 3100-2100 BC). According to recent study, it was deduced that they embarked on commerce voyages to and fro the continent supplying the channels with salt and precious metals. It is suggested that there was a great connection with the "Olmec" civilisation of Mexico.
The most recent migration was forced upon them during the hollocausts of the 16-18th Century which became known as the slave trade. African people were sold into slavery and transported by way of force into American South in 1619, by the European traders. Hundreds were cramped into the large ships, and endured hideous conditions.
West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
Slaves
Vanessa Williams was the first African American to be crowned Miss America. She won in 1984.
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.
Black slavery in America began in 1619, when the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia to work on plantations of tobacco.
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.
West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
By the late 1500s, the introduction of African slaves was absorbed to north America. (Scientific American)
Slaves
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.
1619Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco.
To work as slaves
1619
african american
First Africans brought to America on 1619 where was the colonial American times.
They were developed by slaves from West Africa.
Vanessa Williams was the first African American to be crowned Miss America. She won in 1984.