#john casor

[timwrightt]

[thepatriotnation]

The TRUTH About America's First Slave Owner - There's One Detail Liberals Don't Want You to Know

The TRUTH About America’s First Slave Owner – There’s One Detail Liberals Don’t Want You to Know was originally published on The Patriot Nation

[dreowyn]

First American slave-owner was a Black man

First American slave-owner was a Black man

From Conservative Headlines:

According to colonial records, the first slave owner in the United States was a black man.

Prior to 1655 there were no legal slaves in the colonies, only indentured servants. All masters were required to free their servants after their time was up. Seven years was the limit that an indentured servant could be held. Upon their release they were granted 50 acres of…

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[depressinghistory]

March 8, 1655: John Casor is declared a slave for life by Virginia Colony court

On March 8, 1655, a court in the Virginia Colony declared John Casor, a Black indentured servant, a slave for life, in the first known such declaration in the English colonies. Casor had been employed by Anthony Johnson, an Angolan colonist. Johnson himself had once been an indentured servant in Jamestown, but had completed his indenture and gone on to become wealthy, buying large tracts of land and importing five indentured servants of his own, including Casor. After several years of working for Johnson, Casor had believed his indenture completed and demanded his freedom. Johnson claimed no such indenture existed, though his family convinced him to free Casor regardless. Casor went to work for a white man named Robert Parker; Johnson sued Parker in 1654 for detaining his "servant". The court ruled in favor of Johnson, declaring Casor Johnson's slave for life, demanding his return, and ordering Parker to pay Johnson damages. Casor remained Johnson's slave until his death.

[basednkrumah]

That awkward moment when the first "legal slave for life" in Virginia was owned by a black man.

Damn, I feel dumb for just realizing this.