Who was the first child of African parents born in England’s American colonies?

A boy named William, born in 1623 or 1624 in Jamestown, Virginia, was the first child of African parents born in England’s American colonies.

His parents, Antony and Isabel, were among the first Africans shipped in bondage to the English colonies in 1619.

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