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Researchers seek fuller picture of first Africans in America
Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press
Updated 4:59 pm CST, Thursday, February 7, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) The first Africans to arrive in English-controlled North America were so little noted by history that many are known today by only their first names: Antony and Isabella, Angelo, Frances and Peter.
Almost 400 years ago, they were kidnapped and forcibly sailed across the ocean aboard three slave ships the San Juan Bautista, the White Lion and the Treasurer and then sold into bondage in Virginia.
Now their descendants, along with historians and genealogists, are seeking recognition for a group of 20-some Africans they describe as critical to the survival of Jamestown, England's first successful settlement in North America.
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Those colonists "didn't know how to grow anything. They didn't know how to manage livestock. They didn't know anything about survival in Virginia," Knight said. The Africans "saved them by being able to produce crops, by being able to manage the livestock. They kept them alive."
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Researchers seek fuller picture of first Africans in America (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Feb 2019
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spicysista
(1,663 posts)1. From the article.....
"From here, we see the beginnings of the Africa imprint on what would become the United States of America. It's worth remembering." - Calvin Pearson, head of Project 1619
Indeed. Thanks for a great post!
benld74
(9,904 posts)2. Great reading!
littlemissmartypants
(22,692 posts)3. I enjoy history and genealogy.
I enjoyed this post. Thanks for sharing this, Judi Lynn. ♡
appalachiablue
(41,145 posts)4. Very interesting & informative, TY.
K & R