tobacco farmer anthony johnson FIRST slave owner in the Colonies - First Africans at Jamestown -

First Africans at Jamestown Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) Anthony Johnson, a former indentured servant, becomes a wealthy tobacco farmer R Evolution ANTHONY JOHNSON (? 1670) INDENTURED SERVANT SLAVE TO SLAVEHOLDER Anthony Johnson first came over to America as an indentured servant, arriving in 1620 in the Colony of Virginia. He did not come Anthony Johnson was an Angolan man who arrived in colonial Virginia in the early 1600s, survived indenture, gained freedom, acquired land, and became a tobacco planter. His 1655 court victory secured Anthony Johnson (? 1670) When Anthony Johnson was released from his servitude, he was legally recognized as a "free Negro." He became a successful farmer. In 1651, he owned 250 acres (100 ha), and the services

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