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First Africans Arrive in Virginia
It is important to know when and how people came to the place people now live in. It explains why and how everything came to be the way it is today. INFO: The social status of the first Africans in Jamestown was confusing, and perhaps deliberately ambiguous. Records from 1623 and 1624 list the black inhabitants of the colony as servants, not slaves. -
King Philip's War
Wars are always important to know, just because of the simple fact that our people might have fought in the war and we should know why. Know why the war happened, and who won, and what were the outcomes. INFO: resulted in the destruction of families and communities, Native and colonist alike, throughout New England. It took decades for the colonists to recover from the loss of life, the property damage and the huge military expenditures. The war was devastating for Native Peoples. -
Bacon's Rebellion
The Bacon's Rebellion was a rebellion that failed at the end because the leader died and no one continued is pursuit. INFO: It was led by Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy 29-year-old planter, in opposition to the Governor of Virginia, Sir William Berkeley. Bacon's Rebellion was the first rebellion in the American colonies. Refer to Colonial Government for additional information. -
Mass Expansion of Slavery in Colonies
Slavery was a big deal back then and now is a big deal to understand how much they suffer and how their freedom was take from them just by the color of their skin, religion or were they come from. INFO: Slaves were brought into New England throughout the entire colonial period, and slavery existed throughout the colonies before the American Revolution. Rhode Island had the largest proportion of slaves. -
Royal African Company Slave Trade Monopoly Ended
It is important to know the places that ended slavery and how it affected the slaves afterwards. INFO: In 1698, Parliament yielded to their demands and opened the slave trade to all. With the end of the monopoly, the number of slaves transported on English ships would increase dramatically to an average of over 20,000 a year. By the end of the 17th century, England led the world in the trafficking of slaves. -
New York Slave Revolt
INFO: The New York Slave Revolt of 1712 was an uprising in New York City, in the British Province of New York, of 23 enslaved Africans who killed nine whites and injured another six. More than three times that number of blacks, 70, were arrested and jailed. Of these, 27 were put on trial, and 21 convicted and executed.
