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jan 1, 1562 - First British slaves in America

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In 1562 British John Hawkins captured about 300 Africans in today's Sierra Leone to sell them in the Carribean. In the following years he repeated the process using Queen Elizabeth I. own ship for the voyage.

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jan 1, 1562
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~ 463 years ago