US History Mystery solved! Origins of the first slaves in the colonies! :)

[.Shane.]

Source...

Its been long known that the first slaves brought to the American (US) colonies arrived ~1617 at Jamestown colony. What was unknown was their origins or how they came to arrive there.

The mystery appears to be solved.

 

[JohnRM]

So...they were African...ok.

 

[.Shane.]

So...they were African...ok.

Just so I don't get a bunch more useless posts...

The mystery resolved around the mystery of who brought the slaves and what part(s) of Africa they might be from.

Not that I'd expect too much from some of you, but if you have nothing to say or contribute, just don't post.

 

[bhsup]

I'd always "known" that it was the Dutch that brought the first slaves here. Interesting to learn that it was Brits pretending to be Dutch... Or was it Brits flying under Dutch colors by permission of the Dutch government? Either way, it's interesting.

Keen eye on the news, and interesting post!

 

[Turner]

Moderator Action: Thread moved to World History.

 

[Gelion]

I'm not mocking I really want to know....


What is the historical significance of this discovery?

 

[Vietcong]

it was other africans that sold them to us! not us kidnaping them and bringing them hear!

 

[pboily]

Yep, we just bought them.

I'd say that makes as near as no difference as I can see. The drug pusher and the drug manifacturer are both guilty.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

So....weird.... I defintely just read the chapter about this for my US History class today.

 

[Cuchullain]

The fact that other Africans sold the first African slaves to the Europeans has been known for some time. The real mystery was who those first European "buyers" were. I had always just assumed it was the Portuguese, or perhaps the Spanish. Interesting.

 

[C~G]

I have nothing else to contribute for now but thanks for the link to the article.

 

[Verbose]

it was other africans that sold them to us! not us kidnaping them and bringing them hear!

More like paying someone else to do it.

The colonies in the New World needed labour to make a profit. Getting Europeans to risk their necks was difficult. Arming one group of Africans to kidnap and sell another was much cheaper and surer.

 

[Verbose]

I'm not mocking I really want to know....


What is the historical significance of this discovery?

"African" is so generic it's practically meaningless. "Angolan" is still wide, but it narrows down the options no end by comparison. There's a LOT more specific things to be said about Angolans as compared to "Africans".

"Europeans colonised North America" is a correct statement. It's not just very helpful for understanding what that meant.

 

[Gelion]

"African" is so generic it's practically meaningless. "Angolan" is still wide, but it narrows down the options no end by comparison. There's a LOT more specific things to be said about Angolans as compared to "Africans".

"Europeans colonised North America" is a correct statement. It's not just very helpful for understanding what that meant.

You meant to quote someone else didn't you?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

More like paying someone else to do it.

The colonies in the New World needed labour to make a profit. Getting Europeans to risk their necks was difficult. Arming one group of Africans to kidnap and sell another was much cheaper and surer.

Well the native African had been practicing slavery for a thousand years, the Europeans simply became the new market for their goods, instead of Arabia and Morocco.

 

[Vietcong]

i just dont like ppl demonizing whites for slavery.

the fact of it is, its OTHER blacks that first cepured them and made them slaves. even if ther was No white ppl, the blacks whould still be slaves.
i allways hear of black ppl talking about how the "White man" came to thear peacfull and peace loveing village, and burned it down, raped the weaman, killed the elderly, and took the healthy for slaves. it wasnt white ppl, it was ur OWN ppl.
so y is the blame seemingly place entierly on us
i just dont like it..
same for native americans.. ppl have an image of peace loveing, natives that know how to make postions out of stuff u pic up along a trail, and are all good at animal tracking..
well hate to burst ur bubble ppl, but the natives defintly weart as peaceloveing as ppl think! not to say the whites whearnt eather.

 

[pboily]

i allways hear of black ppl talking about how the "White man" came to thear peacfull and peace loveing village, and burned it down, raped the weaman, killed the elderly, and took the healthy for slaves.

You always hear of black people talking about this? I have heard numerous black people say that white people treated them like crap when they were slaves, and that the after-effects of slavery are still felt today, but I have yet to hear a single black person say any of the things you list.

 

[Vietcong]

thay make it seem like its our falt, allso thay need to learn to get over how thear great great grandfathers suffered..

 

[pboily]

They tell you it is your fault? Dude, you need to meet more black people, because it seems the ones around you are out to lunch.

EDIT: And not very representative of the general population, I might add.

 

[North King]

To be fair, without the discovery of America and the subsequent slave trade, the demand for slaves would be vastly less, and we wouldn't see nearly the destruction that was actually wrought...