Just, I think, the evidence suggested by Edmund Morgan that by 1640 a
significant number of black folk were free in Virginia. Since there is no
evidence of massive manumission or a general emancipation, the default
assumption is that they were treated like indentured servants coming in
without contracts.
Harold S. Forsythe
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Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Slave owner or slave "owner"?
> When Africans first arrived in Virginia, they were servants for a
> specified
> amount of time.
Is there any evidence for this?
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