Anthony Johnson, a wealthy black former slave, was the first to go to a judge in 1655 and win a ruling that John Casor, his black indentured servant, would become Johnson's property for life. Johnson brought that inhuman African tradition to America, and he owes all of us reparations. Without Johnson's ruling, John Casor would have been recognized as a freed indentured servant and would have received his Freedom Dues including a farm, house, farming clothing, farming tools, a firearm, a mule and his first year's supply of seed corn. This is how Johnson had become wealthy after serving his 7 years of indentured servitude to the man that bought his ticket out of slavery.
Anthony Johnson, a wealthy black former slave, was the first to go to a judge in 1655 and win a ruling that John Casor, his black indentured servant, would become Johnson's property for life. Johnson brought that inhuman African tradition to America, and he owes all of us reparations. Without Johnson's ruling, John Casor would have been recognized as a freed indentured servant and would have received his Freedom Dues including a farm, house, farming clothing, farming tools, a firearm, a mule and his first year's supply of seed corn. This is how Johnson had become wealthy after serving his 7 years of indentured servitude to the man that bought his ticket out of slavery.