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When did the first Negro appear in America?

You've probably heard it said that the only real Americans are the Indians. All the rest have ancestors who came here from other countries. Negroes also came here from other countries. But most people are unaware that the first blacks in America appeared as pioneers! They appeared with the Spaniards, French and Portuguese who came here as travelers or explorers.

There were Negroes with Balboa when he discovered the Pacific Ocean, and with Cortes when he conquered Mexico. Negroes traveled with the Spaniards, French and Portuguese deep into North America, reached New Mexico, Arizona and the Mississippi Valley. It was the Negroes who initiated the cultivation of wheat in the New World.

Of course, later the Negroes came to the New World in a different capacity - as slaves. In 1619, a Dutch ship brought 20 Negroes to Jamestown in Virginia, which the captain sold to pay for the provisions he needed. At that time, many whites were coming to America to work there as "indentured" slaves.

It meant that they sell their labor for a while. But when whites stopped coming from Europe, then blacks began to be imported. It began in 1688, and by 1715 there were over 58 black slaves here. In 1775 this number increased to 500. In 1807, at the request of President Thomas Jefferson, Congress voted that no more slaves be brought into the country. Yet the slave trade continued despite the law. By 1860, before the Civil War, there were approximately 4 Negroes in the United States.

Author: Likum A.

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