Point Comfort: The little-known birthplace of African American culture

Point Comfort: The little-known birthplace of African American culture Xinhua/Alamy Each August, African cleansing ceremonies take place at Fort Monroe to help Black Americans reconnect with their ancestors Forty years after receiving an anonymous tip, one man has been working to rewrite Black history to show where and how the first Africans arrived in the British Colonies. Today, Pearson and his non-profit, which has been working to change the narrative of how these first Africans arrived, refers to this place as "ground zero for Black American culture". According to the 1619: Virginia's First Africans report, many of the "20 and odd" Black people who arrived in 1619 ended up "living in the households" of white colonists and later being freed. Tomka/Alamy Fort Monroe is now known as "Freedom's Fortress" for its role in twice shaping African American history The Slave Voyages database shows 824 more Africans arrived in British North America between 1626-1675.