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John Colyn Jope (fl. 1600–1630) was a 17th-century English privateer, merchant adventurer and is the first documented slave trader in the English colonies of North America.

He and Daniel Elfrith were the first men to arrive in the Colony of Virginia to sell slaves. Arriving only four days ahead his partner, Jope had sold the first African slaves in the American colonies in exchange for provisions, however Elfrith's arrival sparked considerably more controversy and was turned away by the colony.