What astounds me about the whole "slavery" issue to start with is that the first actual slave in the US - and the institution of slavery itself in America, arise because the very first slaveowner in America was in fact, black. The slave was named John Casor, the slaveowner was named Anthony Johnson.
Casor claimed he was an indentured servant who had been held past the standard 7 years indenture. Johnson successfully sued claiming that he owned Casor "for life".
How many of you actually knew that the first slaveowner in America was in fact, a free black man? More importantly, how many of our children learn that little tidbit in history when they learn about the pure evil of the white, southern racist?
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Captain Haplo
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