By MARY ELLIOTT and JAZMINE HUGHES AUG. 19, 2019 Four hundred years after enslaved Africans were first brought to Virginia, most Americans still don’t know the full story of slavery. The 1619 Project examines the legacy of slavery in America. Read all the stories. Artwork by Deb Bishop Four hundred years after enslaved Africans were first brought to Virginia, most Americans still don’t know the full story of slavery. Curated by Mary ElliottAll text by Mary Elliott and Jazmine Hughes Aug. 19, 2019 Sometime in 1619, a Portuguese slave ship, the São João Bautista, traveled across the Atlantic Ocean with a hull filled with human cargo: captive Africans from Angola, in southwestern Africa. The men, women and children, most likely from the kingdoms of Ndongo and Kongo, endured the horrific journey, bound for a life of enslavement in Mexico. Almost half the captives had died by the time the ship was seized by two English pirate ships; the remaining Africans were taken to Point Comfort, a port...
