In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Old Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. They were the first to be sold into forced labor in Colonial America, initiating the slave trade for Virginia’s tobacco crop.
In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Old Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. They were the first to be sold into forced labor in Colonial America, initiating the slave trade for Virginia’s tobacco crop.
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