AFRICAN AMERICANS OLDER THAN THE U.S.A.

AFRICAN AMERICANS OLDER THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA With respect to African American slavery, it is what it is. Without it, America would not be what it is. But for slavery, America would not be! African American slavery is older than the United States of America. It predates the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution. So, also, do African Americans--and by extension--their descendants, predate those founding documents. African Americans, in fact, predate the British in America. Africans arrived here with the Spanish, French, and the Dutch, then finally with the British in 1619 at Jamestown, Virginia. We, African Americans, go back to the early 1500's, not always as slaves, but also as ship pilots as Pedro Alonzo Nino, with Columbus, or as explorers of Texas, New Mexico etc. with Estevanico.