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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It was when enslaved African people were first brought to Jamestown. Exactly when the start is more broadly is kind of harder to say since some things are more disputed

The arrival of the first captives to the Jamestown Colony, in 1619, is often seen as the beginning of slavery in America—but enslaved Africans arrived in North America as early as the 1500s.

https://www.history.com/articles/american-slavery-before-jamestown-1619