1619John Rolfe documented the first arrival of Africans to the colony of Virginia, marking the beginning of slavery as an institution.People and Communities, Economy and Industry, Economy, African American History

The New York Times. “The 1619 Project.” August 14, 2019, sec. Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

“20 and odd” Africans were kidnapped from modern-day Angola and arrived in Point Comfort, Virginia in late August 1619 aboard the English warship White Lion.

The New York Times. “The 1619 Project.” August 14, 2019, sec. Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html

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English explorer Captain John Smith named the cape "Tragabigzanda."
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An epidemic decimated the Indigenous population along the North Atlantic coast.
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The Mayflower anchored in Cape Cod harbor in November of 1620 and established Plymouth as a permanent colony.
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Captain John Mason received a grant from the Plymouth Council for New England for all the land between the Naumkeag and Merrimack Rivers, which included Cape Ann.

1619John Rolfe documented the first arrival of Africans to the colony of Virginia, marking the beginning of slavery as an institution.People and Communities, Economy and Industry, Economy, African American History

Other Events

English explorer Captain John Smith named the cape "Tragabigzanda."

An epidemic decimated the Indigenous population along the North Atlantic coast.

The Mayflower anchored in Cape Cod harbor in November of 1620 and established Plymouth as a permanent colony.

Captain John Mason received a grant from the Plymouth Council for New England for all the land between the Naumkeag and Merrimack Rivers, which included Cape Ann.