Anthony Johnson Indentured Servant Essay

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The first African slaves were brought to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia in 1619. They were brought over so that they could aid the production of crops. Caucasians believed they were superior then the Africans thus making them slaves. Many believed they could profit from having slaves. Example: instead of paying someone to work the filed or do any hard labor whites used Africans as slaves. The Africans would work for free and the slave owners would save money. Realistically speaking the treatments of slaves varied from a mild mistreatment to a sadist horrific torture. After extensive research I came across some interesting information on Anthony Johnson. Mr. Johnson came over to America in 1620 as an indentured servant. The meaning of indentured servant according to the dictionary is “A person who came to America and was …show more content…

However I honestly believe none of it. The story of Anthony Johnson was used as a mean to justify Slavery not being “so bad” because even Africans do it amongst themselves. So with that said after some time Johnsons land was taken over by a white man only because he was …show more content…

These decisions were beyond the control of the slaves. Many slave owners assigned partners to their slaves even if they didn’t want to. The slave owners used this to their advantage. May people believe that the Emancipation Proclamation issued in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln is what actually freed the slaves. Although the Emancipation Proclamation is a Significant symbolic, it did not elimate slavery in the United States. According to TheRoot.com in 1860 there were 3.0 million enslaved African Americans, which means that at the end of the Civil War, 3.4 black people remained in bondage in spite of the Emancipation Proclamation. In other words, the 13th amendment helped a great

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