African American History in Early Colonial America Quiz

Olaudah Equiano was the first African American to arrive in the English colonies.

Virginia was the first colony to legalize slavery in North America.

Gabriel Prosser is known for organizing one of the earliest slave revolts in the English colonies.

Estevanico is believed to have accompanied Spanish expeditions in the 16th century.

John Chavis was the first African American to graduate from an American college.

The American Colonization Society established the colony of Liberia as a settlement for free African Americans in 1822.

The first Africans arrived in the English colonies as indentured servants in 1619.

Phillis Wheatley authored the first published African American poetry book in the United States.

The Stono Rebellion in 1739 was the first successful slave rebellion in the English colonies.

Olaudah Equiano, an early African American abolitionist and author, published the influential autobiography 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano'.

John Chavis was the first African American to hold public office in the American colonies.