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TIL the first Polish settlers arrived in Jamestown in 1608 - twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. They were skilled artisans brought by Captain John Smith. In 1619, they were not given voting rights and so led a strike, which is the first documented labor protest in the U.S.

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