Historians agree that  the earliest record of the West African chattel, commonly called slaves, arrived in America in 1619.
On Dec. 31, 1862, cloaked by ... and await news that the Emancipation Proclamation had taken effect.” Most people in the Black community are familiar with Watch Night, one of the oldest cultural ...
The International African American Museum hosted a program on New Year’s Day ... Watch Night is a Gullah Geechee cultural celebration that occurs on New Year’s Eve. On December 31, 1862 ...