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To: Sirius Lee

The first American slave owner, Anthony Johnson, was black but they don’t want to talk about that.

https://historyheist.com/johnson-v-parker-black-slave-owner-becomes-first-legal-slave-owner-in-america-after-winning-suit-to-keep-parker-also-black-as-his-slave-for-life/


51 posted on 04/08/2025 6:51:48 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

It was other blacks who rounded them up and sold them as slaves in the first place.

They REALLY don’t like to talk about that


85 posted on 04/08/2025 7:54:22 AM PDT by enumerated (M81 million votes my ass)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

The sharecroppers starved to death while the slaves were fed because they had value to plantation owners.


86 posted on 04/08/2025 7:56:00 AM PDT by anton
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