1619-2019: From Trauma to Triumph
1619年8月下旬，一艘船在弗吉尼亚的康福特角登陆，船上有“20多名黑人”的记录。 在那个时代的语言中，“negar”这个词的意思是黑色，这些来自中非西部的男人、女人和孩子皮肤黝黑，被太阳晒得发亮。
Even before the vessel arrived in this new land, long inhabited by Native Americans, the captives had experienced a harrowing journey.
Robert Trent Vinson, Ph.D., a professor of History and Africana Studies at William & 玛丽, has spoken about the horrors of the Middle Passage.
