traditionally people were only forced to work 'indentured servitude' to pay back the cost of their transport to america. And were eventually freed afterwards....
This black man famously went to court to sue for the right to keep his slave forever - after he had repaid his debt....
The first slave owner in the US was....
a black man....
traditionally people were only forced to work 'indentured servitude' to pay back the cost of their transport to america. And were eventually freed afterwards....
This black man famously went to court to sue for the right to keep his slave forever - after he had repaid his debt....