To: Mr. K
Citing the official US Census of 1830, there were 3,775 free blacks who owned 12,740 black slaves. Furthermore, the story outlines the history of slavery here, and the first slave owner, the Father of American slavery, was Mr Anthony Johnson, of Northampton, Virginia. His slave was John Casor, the first slave for life. Both were black Africans. The story is very readable, and outlines cases of free black women owning their husbands, free black parents selling their children into slavery to white owners, and absentee free black slave owners, who leased their slaves to plantation owners. -"Selling Poor Steven", American Heritage Magazine, Feb/Mar 1993 (Vol. 441) p 90
36 posted on
07/30/2008 9:57:33 AM PDT by
B4Ranch
(Having custody of a loaded weapon does not arm you. The skill to use the weapon is what arms a man.)
To: B4Ranch
Ironically, the history of American slavery is anything but black and white.
47 posted on
07/30/2008 10:26:43 AM PDT by
Oratam
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