First African Slaves Arrive In Jamestown On This Day In 1619. The arrival of the â20 and oddâ African captives aboard a Dutch âman of warâ ship on this day (August 20) in the year 1619 historically marks the early planting of the seeds of the American slave trade.
1 Everyone 14 years of age or older is bound to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, all the Fridays of Lent and Good Friday. 2  Everyone 18 or older, and under 59 years of age, is bound to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. 3  On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, only one full meatless meal is allowed.
Changes instituted in Vatican II in the 1960s â the rules most Catholics live by today â called for fasting on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday and giving up meat on all Fridays during Lent, she said. Today the fast is about giving up something you enjoy enough that it would be felt as a sacrifice for the duration of Lent. Forgoing meat on Fridays is a given. For children, the sacrifice might be candy and cartoons. For adults itâs often rich foods, desserts or alcohol. Not all fasts involve consumables.