![]() Slave ships illegally continued to bring their human cargo to U.S. However, the Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves and a similar law passed in the United Kingdom didn’t end the practice of the slave trade. legislation in the 1800s regarding slavery in GenealogyBank’s Historical Documents section which contains The American State Papers and more. “That from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eight, it shall not be lawful to import or bring into the United States or the territories thereof from any foreign kingdom, place, or country, any negro, mulatto, or person of colour, with intent to hold, sell, or dispose of such negro, mulatto, or person of colour, as a slave, or to be held to service or labour.”*** It would seem that the African slave trade to America would have been stopped by a law passed by the U.S. Laws Slow-but Don’t Stop-the African Slave Trade This troubling part of American history-and important part of African American history-can be uncovered and explored with patient historical research, including searching in old newspapers such as GenealogyBank’s online Historical Newspaper Archives. History of the African Slave Trade in Early America and the United States Infographic (Note: the article continues after this infographic.) This forced migration caused the displacement, torture, enslavement and murder of many Africans.**Īfrican slaves brought to the Americas were part of the “Middle Passage,” a voyage that began in Europe, stopped in Africa to unload supplies and pick up enslaved human cargo, and then traveled to American ports on the eastern coast to trade that human cargo for goods that were then shipped back to Europe. The name of the first African slave ship out of the United States was Desire, which sailed out of Massachusetts eighteen years later. The first slave ship to land in Colonial America went to Jamestown, Virginia, in August 1619. Throughout the course of the Atlantic Slave Trade, an estimated 12 million Africans were captured in their homeland and forcibly shipped across the Atlantic, on more than 35,000 voyages, starting in the 17th century* The African Diaspora scattered Africans throughout the Caribbean and Americas. Gena is a genealogist and author of the book “ From the Family Kitchen.” Introduction : In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers and other online resources to learn more about the African slave trade in America. ![]()
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