jan 1, 1619 - Arrival of First Slave Ship in America (2nd worst tragedy - started slavery)

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This was the first ship that arrived in America and it happened in 1619, the ship arrived in Jamestown and the people on the ship were the earliest record of Black people in colonial america. This was the start of the racial issues with African American's and this was the first image the whites had of the African Americans.

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