This year marks 400 years since the transatlantic slave trade began. On Aug. 20, 1619, a ship carrying the first enslaved Africans to what became the United Stated arrived in Virginia, changing the course of American history.

Tracing The Origins Of — And Resistance To — Slavery In The U.S., 400 Years Later

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Tracing The Origins Of — And Resistance To — Slavery In The U.S., 400 Years Later

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