2020- Coming From The Sea Marker

Inscription: In 1637, Massachusetts Bay colonists shipped enslaved Native Americans to Providence Island in the Caribbean on the Desire. The ship returned in 1638 with the first documented enslaved Africans in the colony. From 1638-1858, there are nearly two hundred recorded slaving voyages from Boston. The ocean journey brought enslaved Africans through the horrific Middle Passage to America as part of a “triangle trade” route between West Africa, Europe, North and South America, and the Caribbean. Long Wharf served as a disembarkation point of of the slave trade in Boston and newspapers advertised enslaved Africans for sale abord the shops docked at the wharf.