The first slave in the United States was actually the result of a civil case in 1654. John Casor was an indentured servant who was legally held by another man for the duration of his life.
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1776. Slavery was also extant in the colonies before the US existed.
Slavery existed in the Americas prior to the formation of the United States in 1787. When the US Constitution was accepted, slavery was already there. The first African slaves were brought to the Jamestown colony in the 17th Century.
Slavery began in Virginia in 1619 when the first African slaves arrived in Jamestown to help with the production of tobacco. A Dutch ship carried 20 slaved over the Pacific.
Slavery occurred over a 100+ years even before the founding of the United States.
Slavery in the US started in Jamestown in 1619 when the first Africans arrived as slaves.