The first African slaves arrived in Jamestown in 1619. Described as  Ã¢??20 and oddÃ¢??, the captives arriving aboard a Dutch ship marked  the start of the American slave trâ¦ade. Though not the institution  it would become, these persons were the first sold as involuntary  laborers.
Social Security. Calculators: Life Expectancy. When you are considering when to collect retirement benefits, one important factor to take into account is how long you might live. A man reaching age 65 today can expect to live, on average, until age 84.3. A woman turning age 65 today can expect to live, on average, until age 86.6.
For this table, the period life expectancy at a given age is the average remaining number of years expected prior to death for a person at that exact age, born on January 1, using the mortality rates for 2013 over the course of his or her remaining life. a Probability of dying within one year.