There are no slaves in Virginia until the1630s.  Does that help?  Ther
first blacks who come in 1619 are not slaves; slavery does not appear in
the records until 1640 and not officially noticed until 1660-61.

Paul Finkelman
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     and Public Policy
Albany Law School
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Help me out.  I think this may have been discussed, but were there 
African 
American slaves in Jamestown in any appreciable number and treatment to
 
separate them from other servants?
 
Janet (Baugh) Hunter
 
In a message dated 5/11/2007 11:51:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Depending on the content and format of the celebrations, I can 
certainly see 
how the institution of slavery in Virginia would not be  something an
African 
American would have reason to celebrate.
The Queen  of England was invited. Were African heads of state invited,
or is 
this  just a celebration of the success the English had in colonizing 

America?
Paul 







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