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Question: What is the name of the first slave ship to reach the americas and where!?
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Ship was: Sao Joao Bautista and they landed in Hampton at Point Comfort, (today's Fort Monroe, Va!.) in 1619Www@QuestionHome@Com

Interesting question!. That depends on whether you are referring to African slaves, European slaves, or Indian slaves!. The first European slaves were probably brought by the Vikings, The first Indian slaves were brought from the Caribbean Islands to the mainland by the Spanish in the 1500s!. The Dutch brought African slaves to Plymouth Plantation (Massachusetts) in the 1620s as trade for supplies from the Puritans!. Unlike an earlier poster,I don't think there were actually Africans brought into Virginia until much later!.Www@QuestionHome@Com