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- Anthony Johnson. When the first British colonizers settled in Virginia, they faced a problem. How could they get people to work the land then, and in the decades to come?
- William Ellison. The Antebellum era of American history saw a number of people of colour achieve marked success in business. Indeed, from the end of the 18 century right through to the start of the Civil War in 1861, several former slaves became entrepreneurs, none more so than William Ellison Junior.
- Dilsey Pope. Not every person of color who owned slaves did so for business reasons. In fact, many did so for sentimental reasons. In several states, while a slave was permitted to buy their own freedom, once they had earned it, there were strict rules in place designed to discourage the newly-freed slaves from setting others free.
- Nathaniel Butler. Not all slave owners of colour purchased slaves in order to keep their families united, however. Nat Butler was far from sentimental. Once he gained his freedom, his sole concern was making as much money as he could, with trading slaves seen as the best way to earn some fast money.
- The first legal slave owner in American history was a black tobacco farmer named Anthony Johnson. Possibly true. The wording of the statement is important.
- North Carolina’s largest slave holder in 1860 was a black plantation owner named William Ellison. False. William Ellison was a very wealthy black plantation owner and cotton gin manufacturer who lived in South Carolina (not North Carolina).
- American Indians owned thousands of black slaves. True. Historian Tiya Miles provided this snapshot of the Native American ownership of black slaves at the turn of the 19th century for Slate magazine in January 2016
- In 1830 there were 3,775 free black people who owned 12,740 black slaves. Approximately true, according to historian R. Halliburton Jr.: There were approximately 319,599 free blacks in the United States in 1830.
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Anthony Johnson, a native of Angola, arrived in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1621 under the name “Antonio, a negro”. It is unclear if he arrived as a slave or an indentured servant.
With his indentured servants, Johnson ran his tobacco farm. One of those servants, John Casor, would later become one of the first Black African men to be declared indentured for life. Before the Antebellum South, in this early period, about 20% of free Black Virginians owned their own homes.
May 23, 2016 · The first legal slave owner in American history was a black tobacco farmer named Anthony Johnson. At the outbreak of the Civil War, approximately 3,000 free blacks owned 12,000 slaves, many...
Jul 22, 2023 · Johnson’s story sheds light on the complexities of indentured servitude during the 17th century, revealing that people of various backgrounds pursued this path towards autonomy.
Jul 22, 2019 · In various corners of the internet, memes circulate about a Black man identified as “Anthony Johnson,” believed to be a pioneer of American slavery and the first slave owner in North America. Intended for shock value, these memes reveal the new ways people disseminate knowledge in the age of social media.
