A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

an empire that captured slavic people and enslaved them

name given to Equiano by one of his masters and used until he wrote his narrative

African-American landowner in Virginia. Was at first an indentured servant. (1620) Tobacco farmer. Died in 1670.

An except from John Rolfe from 1607 on the arrival of the first African Americans to Virginia.

A rebellion lead by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack Native Americans in an attemp to gain more land

three ships which brought the Jamestown settlers to America

a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa

Place where the first Africans were brought

The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia

Headrights were parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servants into America. They were use...

the first African woman recorded in Virginia

a member of a group of peoples in central and eastern Europe speaking Slavic languages.