White Lion (privateer)
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white-lion-privateer-162-18812866
title:
White Lion (privateer)
text:
The White Lion was an English privateer operating under a Dutch letter of marque which brought the first Africans to the English colony of Virginia in 1619, a year before the arrival of the Mayflower in New England. Though the African captives were sold as indentured servants, the event is regarded as the start of African slavery in the colonial history of the United States. The first enslaved Africans in the current boundaries of the United States landed in 1526 in the expedition of Spanish exp
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Privateer which brought the first Africans to Virginia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Lion_(privateer)
date created:
2020-02-24T03:05:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:03:42Z
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13
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