I suspect that the first slaves in the “New World” were held by the different tribes long before Europeans arrived on the scene. African slaves arrived with the early explorers, mainly the Spanish and Portuguese, and expanded into the colonies late. The first African slaves arrived in what would become the US arrived in the Spanish colony of Florida in the mid 1500s (1535? Will need to double check later...)
The Irish did indeed become a source for Indentured Servitude, as did the other undesirables of England. I learned much on this subject from the book “White Cargo; the Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America.”
I was just about to ask if this covered the Irish. Because, you know, they were the actual first slaves in this country.
I suspect that the first slaves in the “New World” were held by the different tribes long before Europeans arrived on the scene. African slaves arrived with the early explorers, mainly the Spanish and Portuguese, and expanded into the colonies late. The first African slaves arrived in what would become the US arrived in the Spanish colony of Florida in the mid 1500s (1535? Will need to double check later...)
The Irish did indeed become a source for Indentured Servitude, as did the other undesirables of England. I learned much on this subject from the book “White Cargo; the Forgotten History of Britain’s White Slaves in America.”
I need muh Reparations.