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Anthony Johnson and his family
At the time Virginia was a newly found land where everyone was trying to find their place. Africans were being brought to Virginia as indentured servants and did not serve for life, just as English indentured servants were being brought from England. This time line is going to use Anthoney Johnsons' life to show the effects of the diminishing progress. -
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The lives of Anthony johnson and His Family
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gun laws ban negros to own fire arms:diminishing
Every one ,excluding negros, was to be supplied with arms and amunition or they would be fined by the plesure of the goverment. This law made the negros more dependent on white men for things such as protection and meat. Also it showed that the white men were more valued then negros and more appreciated by the general public.
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Anthoney Johnson owns land:progress
Anthoney Johnson owns 250 acres of land after splitting a corn feild with Captain Taylor in Northhampton County.This shows progress because it proves that Africans can and did own land in 1645. This also made Anthoney Johnson nondependent on English, and it provided food for his family.
Court Case A.
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Anthony Johnson wins court case against white man:progress
Anthony johnson goes to court with a white man, Mr.Robert Parker, over a slave known as John Casar. Anthoney Johnson wins the court case against Mr.Parker and gets to keep his slave. This shows that negros were allowed to own slaves. Also it showed that negros had some bit of wealth to a certain extant. They also got a fair trial by a judge and jury.
court case c.
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hog stealing laws-2 :diminishing
This shows the diminishing progress because this would be classified as torchure. Also the first punishment is putting the slave on the brink of death because it takes about forty lashes to kill a man. this shows that african lives were valued a lot less then english men lives. -
Hog stealing laws-1 :deminishing
A negro maybe punished if caught in the action of stealing a hog by one witness. In punishment of the first time caught the slave will get 39 lashes from a whip on his bare back. The second time the slave will be forced to stand two hours out side in the pillary with his ears nailed to the pillary after the two hours the ears will be cut off close to the nail.
Act VI.
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slaves are officially property:deminishing
This law officially acknowleges slaves as property not people. In this law it says that saves can be traded, sold, or inherrited, just like items. It claims though that slaves have to be treated like they were before the law was passed.
act XXII.
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Conclusion
The Johnson's lives became harder and harder after these systematic passage of laws that had been brought out one after another till slaves had almost no rights as human beings at all but were only considerd peices of property. A negro born into slavery would have only most likely known pain and poverty their whole life. Could you even come close to imagining what that would be like? Sometimes after the child was old enough to work it would be taken away from the family and givin to a new owner.
