According to J.A. Rogers, the word slave" originally applied to eastern Europeans---Russians captured by Germans. The first slaves in the U. S. were Europeans, mostly British, who scaecely survived the middle passage. In the West indies, they were held for life, especially the Irish. These people were sold in the U S until 1826, fifty years after the Declaration of Independence. President Andrew Johnson was a runaway and was advertised for in the newspaper.
In 1620, Va. passed a law forbiding Negroes from buying European people. This as 51 years after Africans arrived in chains. Free peoplr of African descent bought them in large numbers in Louisiana until the state passed a similiar law in 1818.
White British children were kidnapped in the British Isles at a rate of several thousands yearly in the 17th and 18th Centeries and sold into slavery in America and the West Indies. Sometimes they were bootlegged and sold as, of African descent. SALLY MULLER, who was held in servitude in Louisiana for 26 years. After several court battles, her birth certficate was found in Germany and the Supreme Court freed her in 1818.
In 1860, There were 487,000 free Negroes un the U. S. some of who owned slaves.
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Posted By: Thomasena Martin-Johnson
Wednesday, October 13th 2010 at 8:12PM
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