Understand the TRUTH about who and what brought the first Africans to the English settlement of Virginia. Their arrival in 1619, which involved at least eight countries, changed the New World forever. Its time their stories are UNVEILED and America’s TRUE history, revealed. Check out our latest video, click below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t6bkF4jl2c
On May 18th, 2019 “Unveiled – The Twenty & Odd” was released! This research has left the world scratching its head, wondering where the current narrative regarding the first Africans came from. “Unveiled – The Twenty & Odd” corrects the narrative surrounding their landing, their numbers, and the events which affected their status. For instance, […]
To Commemorate the 399th Anniversary of the Arrival of the First Africans in English America, a portion of the chronology from UNVEILED, The Twenty & Odd is being released. Chronology of the 1619 Africans From : UNVEILED – The Twenty & Odd Documenting the First Africans in England’s America 1619-1625 and Beyond By: K. I. […]
One of the Wonders of Africa… the Black Rocks at Pungo are a series of mystical rock formations standing 350 feet (107 meters) high above Angola’s African Savanna. Believed to be the location of the Kingdom of Ndongo in 1618-1619 when the kingdom was raided by the Portuguese contracted Imbangala. The survivors, stripped of their […]
ANTHONY/ANTONIO One of the most documented early Africans to arrive in Virginia was Anthony/Antonio. Records show Anthony/Antonio arrived in Virginia on the ship ‘James’ from England in 1621. Was he one of the first “twenty and odd” sold on the shores of the James River in August of 1619? The short answer is NO. However, […]
Free Africans living in Northampton County in 1660’s are listed in the Northampton County Virginia Tithables 1662-1677 as Heads of their own Household: Bastian Cane and his wife Grace. Emanuel Driggers Bashaw Ferdinando and his wife Susan, and Hannah Carter. King Tony and his wife Sarah. John Francisco and Christian Francisco. William Harman and his […]
Emanuel Cambow (Cumbo), “a free African,” was granted 50 acres in James City County, Virginia before 18 April 1667. There are very few Africans who had the ability to manuever through the English judicial system to earn their freedom, much less hold title to their own land. Emmanuel Cambow/Cumbo was one of them. Like others […]
In the beginning, I didn’t understand where the desire came. I just knew it was there. The desire quickly became a passion and consequently an addiction. Nine years ago, looking for my husband’s ancestors, I came across a woman whose allure was irresistible. As a genealogist, I find many significant people with vital stories throughout […]
In August 2019, the New York Times published the 1619 Project, establishing their views on 1619. 1619Genealogy was not consulted or involved in their production and does not support or endorse their opinions. 1619Genealogy only relies upon primary documents and recordings to recreate and tell the story of the first Africans to arrive in English […]
The Driggers’ should be known as one of the America’s earliest FREEDOM FIGHTERS. In February of 1623 at Bennett’s plantation Frances is listed with her son Peter in the list of the Living. Frances was listed in Piercey’s Muster at Flowerdew Plantation in the 1624/25 as an African woman with young child of hers, which we now know […]