We in English-speaking America sometimes think of them as the first slaves in Jamestown in 1619. But there had been many Africans in North America before that, traveling with the Spanish explorers ...

It's the first documented arrival of ... brought over to America began to grow. Were they the first slaves taken to the Americas? Some experts say the significance of 1619 should not be over ...

Africans in America ... After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies lay the groundwork for a system of racial slavery which generate profits that ensure ...

Four hundred years ago, a pirate ship carrying enslaved Africans pulled into ... arrival of a ship here, where the James River meets the Chesapeake Bay, profoundly altered the course of what would ...

In the colony’s earliest days, Yeardley led the General Assembly, the first representative governing body in North America, ...

Rather than present the war as one that was fought over slavery, the scholars crafted a story that the American Civil War was ...

Imagine flying, impossibly, over the Earth in the 17th century—during the time described in American ... interior, into lands controlled by Indians. Up and down the Americas, ex-slaves and ...

Sure, Alexander knew the facts of the place: Four centuries ago, in 1619 ... to escape slavery. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered that the pilot program for AP African American studies classes ...

The oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States is an elaborate display of wealth — an intricately carved slab of ...

Bells across the country will toll Sunday afternoon as the National Park Service marks the 400th anniversary of the 1619 ... arrival of the first enslaved Africans in English-occupied North ...

In the latest issue of National Review, we take a look at the 1619 Project book and ... origins and global scope of slavery. My contribution takes a deep dive into that topic.

This month marks 400 years since the arrival of the first 20 slaves into the US. Earlier this week, Reuters published a photo-series called "Built by my family: America's grand buildings built by ...