1619, African Migration, and the Beginning of the “American Evolution”
1619 marked the beginning of many firsts in English North America, including its first representative legislative assembly, the first official English Thanksgiving meal, and, important for the study of world Christianity, the first recorded arrival of Africans in Port Monroe, Virginia. The year also marked the arrival of the first significant wave of women to English North America, all being commemorated in a 400th year anniversary celebration of the “American Evolution” in 2019. This fall, Linda Haywood was interviewed on “Cross Currents” NPR Nantucket, centering on the arrival of Angolans to the new English colony, as well as her recent work on Njinga, the 17th century queen of Angola. A link to the interview can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/yagglpfx