A detail from the painting 'A Liverpool Slave Ship' by artist William Jackson from around 1780 depicts a Liverpool slave ship moored off the coast of West Africa, is seen at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, Britain, July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble
(Reuters) - In late August 1619, a ship carrying "20 and odd" African men and women docked at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia.
Their arrival, 400 years ago next month, was recorded by English settler John Rolfe and is believed to be the first of captive Africans to reach the shores of Britain's North American colonies.
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