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OXIE 63 points ago +63 / -0

He was originally an indentured servant who arrived in Virginia around 1619 the year the 1619 project falsely claims the first slave ship arrived.

He later became a wealthy man who employed indentured servants himself. One of these was a black man John Casor.who claimed that he had completed his indenture. Anthony Johnson sued and won establishing the first case of slavery for life in a civil case in the English Colonies and setting the precedence of slavery for life.

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Bonami 26 points ago +26 / -0

The first slave ships were from England and the first slaves were Irish. https://virily.com/culture/irish-slaves-in-the-americas/

The practice began long before America gained its independence from England. It started during the reigns James II and Charles II and was encouraged by Oliver Cromwell.

The first shipment of slaves, which arrived in the Americas in 1619, was composed of 100 white children.

James II sold some 30,000 Irish prisoners to be used as slaves in the New World. In 1625 he issued a proclamation which required that Irish political prisoners be sent to the West Indies.

By the middle of the 17th century Irish slaves were being sold to Antigua and Montserrat. So many Irish slaves were sent to Montserrat that they made up 70% of the population.

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InternetPersona 11 points ago +11 / -0

Anthony Johnson sued and won establishing the first case of slavery for life in a >civil case in the English Colonies and setting the precedence of slavery for life.

This must be what the nimrods use to distinguish a "slave" from an "iNdEnTuReD sErVaNt."