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A privateer brings captive Africans to Virginia
đź“… August 1619A privateer delivered captive Africans to Point Comfort in August 1619, where colonists exchanged food for them. This often-cited arrival is not the beginning of African presence in the Americas,...
Chama Valley census records enslaved families and separations
đź“… 4 September 1655A census of the Chama Valley listed enslaved people by estate and recorded marriages, children, and family ties. It also noted spouses living in MĂ©rida or on another property, showing how ownership...
Bobures census records enslaved people across cacao estates
📅 24 November 1656Pedro Hernández Galarza’s census in the Valle de los Bobures listed enslaved people by estate, naming people identified as Angola, Congo, Matamba, Malemba, and locally born. The document reports sixty...
Colonial law targets independent housing used by enslaved people in three towns
đź“… 19 December 1770The assembly ordered owners to register separate huts in Spanish Town, Port Royal and Kingston and report which enslaved people lived there. It required enclosures and allowed officials to demolish...