First African slaves were brought to the continent and located in “San Miguel de Gualdape colony” in 1526. Dutch colonists began in earnest (for tobacco production) in the year 1619.

Look it up.

The British emancipated their slaves in the year 1807 and abolished in 1833. Well before America did so in 1865 and without the human cost of the Civil War which left several 100-thousand dead and many more maimed and injured.

A long period of suffering, violence and injustices were faced by America’s blacks. It wasn’t until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that they saw a true measure of freedom — at last.

So from the first slaves of the San Miguel de Gualdape colony in 1526 to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 reveals a period of 438 years.