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S. Rept. 115-63 1 (2017-05-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaaiq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 81 115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT 1st Session SENATE 115-63 400 YEARS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY COMMISSION ACT MAY 16, 2017.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 392] [Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 392) to establish the 400 Years of African- American History Commission, and for other purposes, having con- sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of S. 392 is to establish the 400 Years of African- American History Commission. BACKGROUND AND NEED In August 1619, the first documented Africans arrived by war- ship at Point Comfort in the English colony of Virginia. The group, recorded upon arrival as 20 and odd Negros, was sold as involun- tary laborers or indentured servants. Slavery had not been institu- tionalized at that point so these Africans were informed they would work under contract for a certain period of time before being grant- ed freedom and the rights afforded other settlers. White indentured servants were listed along with their year of expected freedom whereas no such year accompanied the names of the African inden- tured servants. The historic arrival of that group marked the beginning of the trend in colonial America where people of Africa were taken 69-010