1526
EnslavementSupplement
Enslaved Africans in the San Miguel de Gualdape colony
Atlantic coast of present-day southeastern United States
Spanish colonizers brought enslaved Africans to their short-lived settlement. This predates the better-known 1619 Virginia landing and places African enslavement within the wider Spanish colonial history of North America.
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Context / qualification
The settlement’s exact location is debated; do not equate 1619 with the beginning of slavery throughout the Americas.