This land in history has had civilizations. cultures. and governments in ancient and medieval periods. prior to the rise of the devastating slave trade. which were just as valuable and as glorious to history as those in Europe prior to the rise of its national states. From the 16th century through to the middle of the 19th century. within the law and outside of the law. the descendants of Africa were brought involuntarily. as others had come voluntarily and involuntarily. to the Western World. We are a nation of immigrants. or the descendants of inunigrants. none of whom has a priority in historys esteem. The Negro population has grown through the years until it now constitutes the largest minority group of the American population. and next to the Indian population. is the oldest of Americas minority groups. Negroes arrived in the area of the United States nearly a century prior to the founding of the first English colony. having come with Spanish explorers. but not as slaves. and having been participants in a settlement in Virginia in 1528.
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