The writer explores the historical journey of racial politics in America, tracing the path from the oppression of Black ...

Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America ... Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1984. Kolchin, Peter. American Slavery, 1619-1877. New York: Hill and ...

Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery is available at this ... After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies lay the groundwork for a system ...

After establishing settlements in North America, England joins in ... 1641 - Massachusetts becomes the first English colony to legalize slavery. Connecticut and Virginia soon follow.

In two books about the origins of the United States and the place of women in the American narrative, Adane sheds light on ...

Bells across the country will toll Sunday afternoon as the National Park Service marks the 400th anniversary of the 1619 landing of ... the anniversary of the first slaves being brought to ...