Anthony Johnson (colonist)
Indentured servant, farmer, enslaver (1600–1670) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named Anthony Johnson, see Anthony Johnson (disambiguation).
Anthony Johnson (c. 1600 – 1670) was an Angolan-born man who achieved wealth in the early 17th-century Colony of Virginia. Held as an indentured servant in 1621, he earned his freedom after several years and was granted land by the colony.[1]
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He later became a tobacco farmer in Maryland. He attained great wealth after completing his term as an indentured servant and has been referred to as "'the black patriarch' of the first community of Negro property owners in America".[1]