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To: RoosterRedux

The first slaves on any British colony didn’t arrive until 1619, well after Queen Elizabeth’s death in 1603. Britain didn’t even have any colonies in America until Jamestown was founded in 1607.


5 posted on 08/16/2017 3:50:08 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: advance_copy

Article was sort of disingenuous, but not exactly wrong in the end. Elizabeth did support/expand John Hawkins’ triangular trade/slave trade in the West Indies. Planning stages for colonies were being carried out (Raleigh, etc...).


13 posted on 08/16/2017 10:49:52 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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