Special Event: Enslaved African Landing Day presented by Project 1619, Inc.
The Landing of the First Africans in English North America The first Africans kidnapped and brought to English North America came from the kingdoms of Kongo and Ndongo and Matamba—two of the largest states in Central Africa, governed by elected rulers from royal lineages. In the late 1400s, Portuguese invasions disrupted these highly advanced societies, […]
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