1st Recorded Landing Took Place On Hampton Shores

August 9th, 20190172 By Calvin Pearson Founder of Project 1619 Inc. On August 25, 1619, the first ship carrying captured Africans landed at Point Comfort (today’s Fort Monroe) in Hampton, Virginia. From that perilous landing, their presence has had a profound impact on the cultural manifest of America’s past and still impacts the socioeconomic and...