From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor ... annually on British ships. 1700s: Almost half of the slaves coming to North America arrive in Charleston.

The colonists were too busy establishing settlements to concern themselves much with comfort, as in … staying warm. So, up through the 1800s, they built their ...

which honors Black women from the 1700s to the present, has provided me with an opportunity to learn about a different side of American history. The stories of Black women in colonial Boston have ...

Quite a bit of trade. By the early 1700s, Boston was Britain's busiest North American port, with Britain trading manufactured goods for Colonial America's raw materials. Soon, Boston's flourishing ...