What was the significance of the year 1619 in the history of the African Diaspora in North America?
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Correct answer: The year the first enslaved Africans arrived in the Virginia colony
A group of 'twenty and odd' Africans arrived at Point Comfort, Virginia, aboard a privateer ship. While their initial legal status was ambiguous, their arrival marked the beginning of the long history of African labor in the English colonies.
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