https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... 180962352/So Casor became the first person to be arbitrarily declared a slave for life in the U.S. (An earlier case had ended with a man named John Punch being declared a slave for life as a punishment for trying to escape his indentured servitude. His fellow escapees, who were white, were not punished in this way.)
Since it's African-American Heritage Month...`
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Since it's African-American Heritage Month...`
I present to you a story of the Casor lawsuit. Anthony Johnson was a black guy from Angola.
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Re: Since it's African-American Heritage Month...`
I'll just leave this here:
Hat tip to KdT.
Hat tip to KdT.
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