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Introduction of Anthony Johnson and Family
This link tells the story of Anthony Johnson.This is an overview of Anthony Johnson and his family. Anthony Johnson was an African American servant. He made his way up in social status and powers some, only to be brought down by English laws. He was a Christian servant. That was important because Christianity was how slavery used to be based on. Christians weren’t allowed to be slaves for life. -
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The Christian slaves were known as indentured servents. This all started to change. -
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Positive Progress
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Anthony Aquires Land
This link shows the story behind his gain and loss of land.This is an important event because not many former servants could afford such a thing. Plus that makes him move up in social status. He used to be an indentured servant now he is a land owner. It is a great step towards him being equal to an Englishman. He owned a corn field which now he has crops to get money. It is a perfect example of progress. -
Anthony Gets a Tax Break Due to his House Burning Down
This may not be viewed as progress to some, but it is progress. It is because the Englishmen recognized Anthony's work he put into his land. Anthony was recognized as another landowner. He was not only recognized he was given however long he needed to get back on his feet financially. -
Baptism Doesn't Exempt From Being Slave for Life
Slavory used to be based on which religion you were a part of. Christians used to not be allowed to be slaves for life. They could not because the king was Christian so they thought whoever was not Christian was an enemy to England. Now Christian Africans, Indians or mulattos aren't safe from slavory for life. Also it is the first sign of switching of discrimination of religion to discrimination of race. -
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Diminishing Progress
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No Punishment for Accidental Death of Slave
The Englishman didn't want to be punished for killing their slaves, so they made a law so that they couldn't be arrested. This shows that Englishman are now trying to gain power over their slaves. It also makes slaves fear their masters as well. As a cherry on top, they referred the slaves as property for the first time. This shows that Englishman have little to no respect for their slaves. -
Negro, Mulatto and Indian Slaves Are Now Real Estate
This is a huge step back for progress. Now slaves aren't even seen as people. They were seen as property before, but now the law actually recognizes them as real estate. This law really shows the accidental killing of slaves. It shows it by they would think no one would burn down their own house; so why would they kill their slave? -
The Last Straw
Anthony started off doing well. He made a little niche in society for himself. Soon Englishmen slowly, but surely, destroyed all of Anthony's progress. The laws that were passed only became worse little by little. They only realized they went too far when it was too late. The slaves finally struck back in 1859. How can we be so sure that we aren't doing the same thing to a race today?
