From Africa to Colonial America
Howard Pyle created this image for Harper's Weekly in 1917. The slaves were captured from a Spanish ship by Dutch sailors, who are trading them to the settlers at Jamestown in exchange for food
Library of Virginia
Howard Pyle created this image for Harper's Weekly in 1917. The slaves were captured from a Spanish ship by Dutch sailors, who are trading them to the settlers at Jamestown in exchange for food
Library of Virginia
Between 1617 and 1619, the first African-Americans landed in Jamestown and the first shipment of tobacco was sent to London. The two profoundly unequal and seemingly unrelated events provide a tragic prologue to four hundred years of black history in America.
EDSITEment, the National Endowment for the Humanities' educational website, offers original documents, diaries, records, and artwork to help students and teachers study the economic, cultural, legal, and social beginnings of African American history in the New World.