1909 book illustration, landing black slaves at Jamestown from the 'White Lion' in 1619. The Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The first documented African slaves from the frigate "White Lion" in 1619, black Africans Antoney and Isabella who took the surname Tucker. Their child William Tucker, became the first documented African baptized in British North America.

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