African Slaves Immigration to United States

By Regina Ruiz, and Michelle Cojab

African Slaves were brought to America around 1619. When the first ship that sold slaves arrived at Virginia.

Why? Because of the slave trade, Almost every African forced migration was because of slavery.

When Did African Slaves immigrate to United States? And Why?

Since they arrived at Virginia many of their owners were from there. Then they were transported to states around Virginia and in 1789 states who officially had slaves were:

Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland,

New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Connecticut.

Where did African Slaves First settle in the United States?

Their lives were horrible. They worked without being paid for many hours and were treated very badly. It was a lot of years until slavery was abolished.

What Was Their Life Like When they first arrived to the united States?

They came over to America and played their music and then the Americans caught on and started making music that sounded kind of like the Africans music, examples are:

Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, etc…

How did the Africans slaves influence on American music?

African slaves were given their monthly allowance of food, so there weren't many foods they could prepare. During slavery they couldn’t eat better pieces of meat than their owners.

Food wasn’t affected as much as other things because slaves didn’t get much food.

How did the African’s slaves influence on American food?

Slave owners used to mix Africans that didn't speak the same language, which gave origin to pidgins (mixes of two languages).

And many dialects used by African slaves are used today.

How did the African’s slaves influence on American Language?

African Slaves (after African-Americans) have influenced in holidays creating these:

Black music month, Birthdays of Martin Luther King Jr, Frederic Douglass, Emancipation day.

African slaves used to celebrate Kwanzaa

How did the African’s slaves influence on American Holidays?