The English landing to settle at Jamestown, Virginia, with one party on shore greeting the next boatload that is approaching, 1607. Just a few years later the african slaves arrivet i 1619 with the britis ship “The white Lion”, who had captured the slaves from at Portuguise slaveship The San Juan Bautista, bound for Spanish colonies. Engraving 1827-1848 after John Gadsby Chapman (1808–1889), American artist, by Moseley Isaac Danforth (1800-1862), American engraver. Collection: © The Trustees of the British Museum. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Source: The British Museum.
Forside 1619 The English landing to settle at Jamestown, Virginia, with one party on shore greeting the next boatload that is approaching, 1607. Just a few years later the african slaves arrivet i 1619 with the britis ship "The white Lion", who had captured the slaves from at Portuguise slaveship The San Juan Bautista, bound for Spanish colonies. Engraving 1827-1848 after John Gadsby Chapman (1808–1889), American artist, by Moseley Isaac Danforth (1800-1862), American engraver. Collection: © The Trustees of the British Museum. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).