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American History Commentary

John McNeer September 25, 2019October 16, 2019 1 Comment #400thanniversary, #africanamerican, #americanhistory, #americanslavery, #anniversary, #colonialamerica, #colonialvirginia, #history, #newworld, #slavery, #slavetrade, #ushistory, #virginia, #virginiahistory, #westernhemisphere

The First Africans in Virginia and the Establishment of Slavery in America

400 Years ago the first Africans arrived in America. Recent research has revealed much about their status in early Colonial Virginia and background.

American History Commentary

John McNeer February 20, 2018February 15, 2023 0 Comments #americanpolitics, #politics, #slavery, #virginia, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Boston, Civil War, Commentary, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation, fugitive slave, Fugitive Slave Act, Law, Massachusetts, Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty, Shadrach Minkins, Stephen Douglass, US History

Black History Month: The Case of Shadrach Minkins and an Omen of Things to Come

The Fugitive Slave Act initiated the final steps towards the Civil War