▁S lave ▁In sur re ction ▁of ▁ 1 7 4 1 ▁ 1 7 9 1 ▁M ina ▁consp i racy ▁Po inte ▁C oup ée ▁consp i racy ▁( 1 7 9 4 ) ▁▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁British ▁knew ▁about ▁Spanish ▁and ▁Portuguese ▁slave ▁trad ing , ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁implement ▁slave ▁labor ▁in ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁British ▁travel ers ▁were ▁fasc in ated ▁by ▁the ▁dark - sk inned ▁people ▁they ▁found ▁in ▁West ▁Africa ; ▁they ▁developed ▁myth ologies ▁that ▁situated ▁them ▁in ▁their ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁cos mos . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Afr icans ▁to ▁arrive ▁in ▁England ▁came ▁volunt arily ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 5 ▁with ▁John ▁Lok ▁( an ▁ancest or ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁phil os opher ▁John ▁Lock e ). ▁Lok ▁intended ▁to ▁teach ▁them ▁English ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁facil itate ▁the ▁trad ing ▁of ▁material ▁goods ▁with ▁West ▁Africa . ▁This ▁model ▁gave ▁way ▁to ▁a ▁slave ▁trade ▁initi ated ▁by ▁John ▁Haw kins , ▁who ▁captured ▁ 3 0 0 ▁Afr icans ▁and ▁sold ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁Spanish . ▁ ▁Black s ▁in ▁England ▁were ▁sub ordinate ▁but ▁never ▁had ▁the ▁legal ▁status ▁of ▁ch att el ▁slaves . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 0 7 , ▁England ▁established ▁Jam est own ▁as ▁its ▁first ▁permanent ▁col ony ▁on ▁the ▁North ▁American ▁continent . ▁Tob acco ▁became ▁the ▁chief ▁comm od ity ▁c rop ▁of ▁the ▁col ony ,