Were there any black people on the Mayflower?

Question

On the Mayflower, which brought The Pilgrims to America {Cape Cod]. Were there any people of color? Any West Idians, Africans or any people of dark skin?

Answer 1

No, it's just white people.

Answer 2

People On The Mayflower

Answer 3

Yes. LaShawnique Dupree operated a hair and nail salon on the Mayflower.

Answer 4

There may have been slaves on the ship but none among the Puritans that stayed when the ship left.

B-Man Rockz - YES you are wrong, using slaves ( black, white, yellow, all other colors ) has been a part of human culture for thousands and thousands of years. Virtually every culture has had slaves at some point.

Answer 5

First off, the first African landed in 1619 as indentured servants in Jamestown, VA, a YEAR before the Mayflower.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/timeline/index.html

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-early.htm

http://innercity.org/holt/slavechron.html

And two, there were no blacks on the Mayflower. The first black person known to have visited Plymouth was 30-year old John Pedro, presumably a servant or slave, who stopped at Plymouth in 1622 before heading on to Jamestown, Virginia. There are no records of any blacks living in Plymouth Colony until 1643, when an individual referred to simply as "the blackamore" is listed as one of the men between the ages of 16 and 60 who was capable of carrying arms in the defense of Plymouth (think of it as the first Selective Service list in America). The next mention of a black in Plymouth records seems to be a 1653 court record mentioning a "neager maide servant of John Barnes" who testified on her master's behalf in a lawsuit against John Smith. During the King Philip's War of 1676, a black named Jethro was captured by the Indians, but taken back by the colonists a few days later. In a subsequent court action, he was ordered to be a servant for two more years and then he was to be freed. Plymouth, for the most part, had servants and not slaves, meaning that they usually got their freedom after turning 25 years of age.

http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Introduction/FAQ_Students.php

http://members.aol.com/mayflo1620/blacks.html

Answer 6

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in 'America's Women' Gail Collins writes: 'mary Johnson may have been the first African American woman. She arrived sometime before 1620 as the maid of a Virginia planter. Like white women, the black residents of the early southern colonies found opportunities in the general chaos around them. Johnson and her husband were indentured servants, and once they earned their freedom, they acquired a 250-acre farm and five indentured servants of their own. By the mid-seventeenth century, a free black population had begun to emerge in both the North and the south. African American women, who weren't bound by the same social constraints as white women, frequently set up their own businesses, running boarding houses, hair salons, or restaurants. Catering was a particularly popular career, as was trading. In Charleston, South Carolina, black women took over the local market, selling vegetables, chickens, and other produce they acquired from the growing population of slaves, who generally had small plots beside their cabins. The city came to depend on the women for its supply of fresh food, and whites complained long and loud about the power and independence of the trading women. in 1686, South Carolina passed a lwa prohibiting the the purchase of goods from slaves, but it had little effect. The relative openness of life for African Americans only lasted as long as the black population was small - in the mid-seventeenth century about 300 black Virginians lived among 15,00 whites. As the number of slaves grew, white Americans began self-consciously marking the differences between the races. White servants complained about being forced to work with blacks, and legislatures passed laws making it more difficult for them to gain their freedom, acquire property, or intermarry. Blacks and whites had married legally in many of the early settlements, and interrracial love affairs were common.'

Answer 7

As far as I've ever heard, no, there weren't. I'm sure someone would have mentioned if there were. The Pilgrims were devout Protestants who believed hard work purified the soul, so it's not likely they would have many servants or slaves.

Answer 8

Jet black hair. I have actually dark brown hair and I consider dark hair looks better. I may really like blonde hair.

Answer 9

I've seen the list of names somewhere but I don't think they had the block on the ships manifest where you check any block that said "color" or "where from"

Answer 10

correct me if i am wrong, but i think the entire culture of using blacks as slaves was started by the amricans AFTER they reached america....