The first captive Africans arrived in the Jamestown settlement in Virginia in 1619.   A shipload of women intended as mates for the male settlers also arrived that year.  How should we be telling and commemorating this history in 2019?

The first captive Africans arrived in the Jamestown settlement in Virginia in 1619. A shipload of women intended as mates for the male settlers also arrived that year. How should we be telling and commemorating this history in 2019?

1619: Past and Present

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1619: Past and Present

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