John Graweere also known as John Gowen (ca. 1615–living 1641) was one of the First Africans in Virginia, who was a servant who earned enough money to pay...
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court case, John Graweere, an indentured servant, filed a petition to purchase his son. The boy was born to an enslaved woman. Graweere wanted to raise...
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Travis farm where Turner was enslaved. However, in February 1831, Reese's son John used Turner's son as collateral for a family debt. One historian notes that...
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John Punch (c. 1605 – c. 1650) was a Central African resident of the colony of Virginia who became its first enslaved person. Thought to have been an indentured...
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Africans in the American colonies, including: Angela Emanuel Driggus John Graweere Gullah Jack Kingdom of Matamba List of Ngolas of Ndongo African military...
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1815–1897) John Casor (living 1655) Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797) Isabella Gibbons (c. 1836–1890) William D. Gibbons (1825–1886) John Graweere (living 1641)...
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Ndongo (as were others among the First Africans in Virginia, such as John Graweere and Angela). The two first appear in a record of sale in 1640 to Captain...
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Lincoln–Douglas debates Oberlin–Wellington Rescue John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia v. John Brown 1860 presidential election Crittenden Compromise...
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John Wayles (January 31, 1715 – May 28, 1773) was a colonial American planter, slave trader and lawyer in colonial Virginia. He is historically best known...
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Johnson ran a tobacco farm using indentured servants. One of those servants, John Casor, would later become one of the first African men to be declared indentured...
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