From Africa to Virginia
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Benin bronze plaque.
Jamestown-Yorktown
Foundation collection. |
Visit Jamestown Settlement to learn more about the first Africans in 17th-century Virginia. Attend African-American Heritage Day at Jamestown Settlement on Saturday, June 7, for a day of musical performances, poetry, storytelling, and specially themed museum tours and interpretive programs.
The museum's permanent gallery and a special family gallery guide highlight the culture of the first known Africans in Virginia, from the kingdom of Ndongo in Angola, and the experience of Africans in 17th-century Virginia. A dramatic gallery multimedia presentation, "From Africa to Virginia," chronicles African encounters with Europeans, the impact on African culture and development of the transatlantic slave trade. At the outdoor Riverfront Discovery Area, learn about technology used by Africans in Angola and the skills in boatbuilding, fishing and metalworking they brought to 17th-century Virginia.
Discover more about the first Africans in 17th-century Virginia with these online resources from the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
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| "From Africa to Virginia" theater in the Jamestown Settlement gallery. |
Video Resources
Quadricentennial Minutes - The Africans
Jamestown Chronicles: Angela - the African
More about Angela and the first Africans in Virginia
Discovering Jamestown:The West Central Africans:
Government and Religion
Culture, Economy and Society
Practice of Slavery
Lesson Plan for Students and Image Gallery
Lesson Plan for Students -
The People of Jamestown - The Africans
Image Gallery - West Central Africans
Background Historical Essays
Cultures at Jamestown (PDF)
The Angolan Connection and Slavery in Virginia (PDF)
Explore the places where African-American history began in eastern Virginia
with an African-American Travel Itinerary.
