Were The First Africans Who Arrived In Virginia In 1619 Indentured Servants Or Were They Enslaved?

When the first 20 Africans arrived in Point Comfort Virginia in 1619 the system of slavery had not yet been fully set up.

So were those Africans who arrived in the new world considered to be indentured servants or were they enslaved?

Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, History Professor and Dean at Norfolk State University spoke with Roland Martin about the arrival of Africans in America and what their status was upon arriving in the Western Hemisphere. ▶️ #PressPlay

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