Sunday, September 01, 2019

Slavery took hold in Florida under the Spanish in the ‘forgotten century’ of 1492-1619. (Dr. J. Michael Francis, et al., Tampa Bay Times)

Once again. The New York Times erroneously reported slavery began in what is now America in 1619 despite




The first slaves in the territory that we now call the United States were not brought to Virginia in 1619. That happened 54 years earlier, when St. Augustine, Fla., was founded by Spain’s Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on Sept. 8, 1565. Menéndez’s agreement with King Philip II afforded him three years to import 500 African slaves.
JUDITH SERAPHIN,
St. Augustine, Fla., e-mail

Thank you, Dr. J. Michael Francis and co-authors for historic accuracy and amazing scholarship.  


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Slavery took hold in Florida under the Spanish in the ‘forgotten century’ of 1492-1619. | Column

Every 16th century Spanish expedition to Florida included Africans, both free and enslaved. 

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