History of slavery in Virginia
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History of slavery in Virginia
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Slavery in Virginia began with the capture and enslavement of Native Americans during the early days of the English Colony of Virginia and through the late eighteenth century. They primarily worked in tobacco fields. Africans were first brought to colonial Virginia in 1619, when 20 Africans from present-day Angola arrived in Virginia aboard the ship The White Lion. As the slave trade grew, enslaved people generally were forced to labor at large plantations, where their free labor made plantation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Virginia
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2010-08-21T01:07:42Z
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2024-09-02T20:28:59Z
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