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Guardians of Jamestown: 1619
Arrival of the First Africans
The legacy of the first Africans in Jamestown cannot be overestimated.
The First English Thanksgiving
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in the New World. Examine this, and other 1619 events, including the arrival of the first recorded Africans to English North America, the recruitment of significant numbers of English women, the first official English Thanksgiving in North America, and the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of the Virginia Colony.
The First English Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 6 | 4m 20s
Berkeley Hundred plantation is where the first Thanksgiving took place. This Thanksgiving was not about food, but marked a day of gratitude to God for a safe voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
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