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The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. [1] It was established by the London Company as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S.), [2] and ...
First Africans in Virginia. "Landing Negroes at Jamestown from Dutch man-of-war, 1619". This 1901 illustration's caption is incorrect, as The White Lion was an English privateer operating under a Dutch letter of marque, and landed at nearby Old Point Comfort. The first Africans in Virginia were a group of "twenty and odd" captive persons ...
After the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619, slavery and other forms of bondage were found in all the English colonies; some Native Americans were enslaved by the English, with a few slaveholders having both African and Native American slaves, [16] who worked in their tobacco fields. Laws regarding enslavement of Native Americans ...
The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg. This article covers the history of the fort and town at Jamestown proper, as ...
William Tucker (Jamestown immigrant) William Tucker (January 7, 1588– February 17, 1643-44) settled in Jamestown of the Colony of Virginia in the early 17th century. [a] He was a military commander. [2] In May 1623, he offered a toast in a meeting with members of the Powhatan tribe. The wine that they had been given was a poisonous cocktail ...
Anthony Johnson (colonist) An African man indentured in Maryland who amassed sizable landholding and had indentured servants and enslaved people in the 1600s. Anthony Johnson (c. 1600 – 1670) was an Angolan-born man who achieved wealth in the early 17th-century Colony of Virginia. Held as an indentured servant in 1621, he earned his freedom ...
In 1622, local indigenous people attacked the colony and killed 347 of the inhabitants; Angela survived. [3] [4] The attack was followed by a period of famine, which Angela also survived. [4] In 1625, she was listed in the Virginia Colony muster as one of four servants enslaved by the Peirces and the only Black person. [3]
John Punch (c. 1605 - c. 1650) was a Central African resident of the colony of Virginia who became its first enslaved person. [2] [3]Thought to have been an indentured servant, Punch attempted to escape to Maryland and was sentenced in July 1640 by the Virginia Governor's Council to serve as a slave for the remainder of his life.