People We Should Know About

Question 0

Who was Anthony Johnson

Answer 0

• indentured slave
• nearly lost his life
• one time they were threatened by the encroachments of tabacco planters, staged carefully on a Friday
• only Anthony and four other man survived
• married marry had four kids had a house of 250 acres which is rare
• moved to Maryland and bought 30 acres but then dies 5 years later
• a jury in Virginia court decided that since he was a negro the 250 acres he once owned should be escheated or reverted to England

Question 1

What was olaudah Equiano about

Answer 1

• Born in eastern Nigeria 1745
• he got sick because the forced many people to live close to each other
• he wished he would have died
• refused to eat so the sailers whipped him also gave him liqueur
• bought his freedom for 40 pounds
• he got the money from his owner. He was kinda nice
• got married and sailed around the world
• very well educated. They thought him how to read