August 15th, 2019033By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Old Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., and were forced into labor as slaves.
That was the beginning of the slave trade in America.
This month, 400 years after that humiliating and disgraceful day,...
July 12th, 20190203By Sheri Bailey and Steven T. Corneliussen
August will bring national attention to slavery’s Virginia beginnings at Point Comfort, now called Fort Monroe where “20 and odd negars” came ashore in August 1619. But just after the Civil War started, in May 1861, that precious Black history landscape was also where brave,...
August 5th, 2018060Fort Monroe, Virginia named after U.S. President James Monroe, holds many names and many legacies for many people.
Before the fort’s establishment, it was Native American territory. In 1609, it was built as Fort Algernourne. In 1619, a Dutch man-of-war arrived at what was known among sailors as Point Comfort, with the “20 and...
