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Re: Slave owner or slave "owner"?
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Debra Jackson/Harold Forsythe <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:44:33 -0500
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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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From: "Emily Rose" <[log in to unmask]>
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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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