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The Life of Anthony Johnson and his Sons
Life for the African-Americans get worse just from Anthony Johnson's lifetime to his sons. -
Anthony Johnson Aquires Land part 2
live an incredibly full life. -
Anthony Johnson Aquires Land
At the end of his indentured servitude, Anthony Johnson owned land that was to be given to his sons when he died. He worked the land and lived on it. He raised cattle and had a good life with his wife and his young sons. But Johnson did not own just a little bit of land, he owned acres and acres. At the time, life for an African didn't necessarily mean that you didn't own liberty. At the end of your working time, you could live an incredibly full life. Many of the lives led by Africans in North -
Casual Killing of Slaves Declared Legal
Act I. An act about the casuall killing of slaves states that
slaves may be informally killed for anything the master wants them killed for. In the time of less than 30 years, suddenly slaves may be shot by their masters’ consent for simply resisting them. -
Hog Stealing Punishment
Slaves may be tortured (one way being to nail their ears to the wall) for the crime of hog stealing. As if taking the life of an innocent human was not enough. If a slave was falsely accused of hog-stealing, they could be tortured. All methods of torture are gruesome, some are even sickening. But we must remember that once young, foolish country practiced torture as well. And on our fellow human beings! Life -
Hog Stealing Punishment part 2
for a Negro was getting worse and worse with time.This type of torture dehumanized slaves. -
Land Taken Away From Anthony Johnson's Sons
The land that belonged to the sons of Anthony Johnson's sons rightfully is taken away from them because they are Negroes. In the time of 35 years, Anthony Johnson owned land from the very beginning. Then, Slaves can be legally killed even if their crime is not recognized by law. Then, Slaves may be tortured if they steal a hog. Now, 35 years and a court case later, Johnson’s sons’ rightful ownership has been snatched away from them. Why? Because they did not look the same as the powerful people -
Land Taken Away From Anthony Johnson's Sons part 2
the powerful people of Colonial Virginia did. The color of a person’s skin should not determine their life. How judgmental can they get? -
Slaves Declared Property
Slaves are now property of their masters. No longer given any rights, slaves begin to realize that their particular group is being targeted. This is the definition of deminishing progress.
