Fort Monroe named Site of Memory associated with UNESCO Slave Route Project Published Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, 11:24 am Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » Politics2 » Fort Monroe named Site of Memory associated with UNESCO Slave Route Project Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that UNESCO has designated Fort Monroe as a Site of Memory Associated with the UNESCO Slave Route project. Photo courtesy Office of Gov. Ralph Northam. The first enslaved African people arrived in the English colonies in the Americas in 1619 on a ship called the White Lion, landing at Point Comfort, the present site of Fort Monroe National Monument in Hampton.