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Mon, 6 May 2019 23:36:50 -0700
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Since there were no laws regarding slavery for life(all "slaves" were
brought in as indentured servants with time restricted contracts)  what was
the first established by law case of slavery?
Many resources point at the Johnson vs Parker case.
Can you clarify the issue?

On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 1:11 PM Paul Heinegg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> No, but he may have been the first slave owned by a former slave.
>
> Casor sued for his freedom from former slave Anthony Johnson in
> Northampton
> County, Virginia, in 1653, but Johnson insisted that "hee had ye Negro for
> his life" [Orders, Deeds, Wills, 1651-54, 226].
> John Casor/ Cazara travelled with the Johnson family to Somerset County,
> Maryland, where he recorded his livestock mark in court, with the consent
> of
> Anthony's widow Mary Johnson [Archives of Maryland, 54:760-1].
> He was a witness (signing) to her power of attorney by which she assigned
> her son John Johnson authority over her property in Virginia [Somerset
> County Judicial Record, 1671-75, 159-62].
> Paul
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> Was John Casor one of the first legal black slave?
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