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Fort Monroe named UNESCO Slave Route Project site
Fort Monroe, the site of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in English North America in 1619, has been named a UNESCO Slave Route Project site.
Gov. Ralph Northam announced the international designation from the United Nations on Friday at Fort Monroe, which came during the middle of Black History Month.
The UNESCO initiative to share the history of slavery launched in 1994 in Ouidah, Benin.
At: https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/hampton/northam-to-make-announcement-at-fort-monroe-on-friday/