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To: central_va
John Casor who was brought over from Africa, was the first black slave. The owner was another black man Anthony Johnson.

Not according to the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.

25 posted on 07/07/2015 4:33:30 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

From Wiki

>>Though Casor was the first person declared a slave in a civil case, there were both black and white indentured servants sentenced to lifetime servitude before him. Many historians describe indentured servant John Punch as the first documented slave in America, as he was sentenced to life in servitude as punishment for escaping in 1640.<<

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_%28colonist%29#Casor_suit


30 posted on 07/07/2015 4:38:33 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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