The Transatlantic Slave Trade began in the 15th century. While we pause to remember the first Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, it's important to absorb this fact.
Enslaved African Americans shaped the nation through the sale of their bodies, the product of their labor, their fight for freedom and equality, and even in their mere existence in the nation.
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