Anthony Johnson | |
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| Born | c. 1600 |
| Died | 1670 (aged 69–70) |
| Other names | António or Antonio |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Known for | An African man indentured in Maryland who amassed sizable landholding and had indentured servants and enslaved people in the 1600s. |
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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]
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]
- ^ a b Foner, Philip S. (1980). History of Black Americans: From Africa to the Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14.