The first slaves – 20 Africans - arrived on a Dutch ship around1619 to the Virginia colony at Jamestown. The demand for slaves grew quickly, fuelled by the New World’s growing agricultural ...

Chautauqua County was home to more than 1,100 anti-slavery activists between 1835 and 1860, the period leading up to the ...

There are no laws regarding slavery early in Virginia's history ... They were captured in Maryland and returned to Jamestown, where the court sentenced all three to thirty lashes -- a severe ...

With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...

More colonists were recruited. Over time, the new cash crop of tobacco and the establishment of slavery kept Jamestown alive. When the English landed, sophisticated Powhatan Indians welcomed them ...