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Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:18am On Sep 10, 2013
@Frances21
DON'T WORRY AM CAPABLE OF HANDLING ALL YA'LL "IGBO EMPTY VESSELS" MOERING U WITH FACTS NOT "BIASE TRIBALIST CR@P". grin grin grin grin grin grin

These are some of the scholars who QUESTIONED CHAMBERS AND HIS LIES. grin grin grin grin grin grin

AGAIN THEY BROUGHT UP "EARLY VA SLAVE RECORDS AND SHOWED EVERYONE THAT 1ST AFRICANS IN JAMESTOWN VIRGINIA WERE FROM ANGOLA NOT CAMEROON". If they were Chambers they wud have bought Cameroon. grin grin grin grin
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by bigfrancis21: 11:19am On Sep 10, 2013
[b]On the other hand, based on the data available to me at the time, I estimated that a likely 80 per cent of slaves exported were Igbo, especially after 1700. Rather than being simply ‘arbitrary’, this estimate derived from a combination of several kinds of indirect evidence. These included the
changing patterns of slaving on the coast, which were reflected in sociopolitical changes both in the coastal polities and in the main hinterland
region (Nri-Awka and Isuama), demographic modelling, and some limited though suggestive data on ethnicity in the diaspora.34 On reviewing new
evidence, it now seems that my initial overall estimate of 80 per cent was a little too high. New data from the Du Bois Database suggests that 75 per cent is a more plausible estimate of Igbo among all slaves exported, although the figure of 80 per cent is reaffirmed for the years between 1701 and 1810. Overall, however, the new data call for a slight downward revision in the total proportion of Igbo, to 75 per cent. The new estimates incorporate lower proportions for Igbo slaves sent from Elem Kalabari, Old Calabar and the Cameroons in several periods, as well as different frequencies in the different periods. However, the figure of 80 per cent for Igbo for 1701–1810 remains highly probable and, together with the revised total proportion of 75 per cent, is predictive. In general, then, a summary estimate of ‘about 1.3 million’ Igbo (or ‘75 to 80 per cent’) out of ‘about 1.7 million’ captives exported from the Bight of Biafra seems highly likely.

Tables 1 and 2 show the revised estimates.35
Even with the weighted percentages for the different major periods, ranging from 25 per cent to 80 per cent, the overall figure of 75 per cent
approximates to the sum of the ‘Igbo’ column in Table 2. In other words, whereas estimating an 80 per cent share of the Biafra total exports would yield a target figure of 1,325,373, or 5.3 per cent greater than the derived estimate of Igbo exported as per the weighted proportions, if one assumes a 75 per cent share (1,242,537), then the derived sum exceeds the target figure by a mere 1.3 per cent. Therefore, based on the evidence of this sample from the Du Bois Database, not only is the 75 per cent share of Igbo plausible, but so are the percentages for the different periods and entrepôts between 1662 and 1840. In general, then, it is highly likely that something on the order of ‘about 1.3 million’ Igbo were thrown into the diaspora, with fully 750,000 of them being taken between 1751 and 1810.[/b]

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:19am On Sep 10, 2013
@BigFrances21
NOTE: I STILL HAVE TO DISCUSS "AKAN(Ghanaian mother, Larteh lady and SA father, Xhosa URBANITE not Zulu as some trolls assumed) SLAVES IN NEW WORLD", MANDINKA LEGACY IN NEW WORLD. WE HAVE A LONG WAY. grin grin grin grin
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by bigfrancis21: 11:22am On Sep 10, 2013
[b]There is also some highly suggestive, though limited, evidence on the frequency of Igbo among Biafran Africans in the diaspora that dovetails
with the estimated slave-exports data. In a sample of nearly 5,500 slaves (1718–1822) from colonies throughout the Atlantic world, Igbo comprised about 75 per cent of Africans from the Bight of Biafra hinterland (see Table 5). Furthermore, data on some 3,028 recaptive Africans (of whom 64 per cent were Igbo) in Sierra Leone after 1821 approximates to the estimated proportion of 65 per cent Igbo in the last generation of Biafran slave exports (cf. Tables 1 and 4).36 Though further research in notarial, parish and plantation records, as well as fugitive slave advertisements, is required to substantiate these initial conclusions on ethnic frequency among Biafran Africans in the diaspora, it seems highly probable that Igbo did in fact predominate.

To understand the ‘cultural baggage’ that Africans from the Bight of Biafra brought with them into the diaspora, it is not enough simply to catalogue the changing ethnonymic terminology of the slave-trade. One must instead comprehend and interpret structural changes in the patterns of the trade over time, by taking a regional and diachronic (and comparative) approach, in order to identify likely source populations.[/b]

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:25am On Sep 10, 2013
Am a multi ethnic Southy like this man Charlie Vundla (Xhosa father, Mfundi Vundla and Afro American mother Caren Johnson).

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:28am On Sep 10, 2013
@Bigfrances21
IGBO LIARS IN EKWE NCHE LIED AND SAID IGBOS FORMED 80% OF AA'S AFTER READING THIS "SIMPLE ENGLISH BELOW". grin grin grin

"In general, then, a summary estimate of ‘about 1.3 million’ Igbo (or ‘75 to 80 per cent’) out of ‘about 1.7 million’ captives exported from the Bight of Biafra seems highly likely." cheesy cheesy cheesy :DTHIS WAS JUST ANALYSING "BIAFRA" NOT OTHER REGIONS. grin grin grin
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by bigfrancis21: 11:32am On Sep 10, 2013
The Igbo Values Of Success, Education And Hardwork: A Case Of The Robeson Family

It is quite known that the Igbo people are success-oriented people who have a penchant for hardwork, success, education and achievement. They are known to be well-traveled, often traveling to distant places where they make good living for themselves. They are also known to be business-minded, financially savvy and determined, taking pride in what they do and often distinguishing themselves in what ever field endeavor they find themselves in.

The aim of this essay is to showcase the unique trait for success and achievement which the Igbo people value no matter where they find themselves in using the Robeson family of North Carolina/Philadelphia as a case study.

The Robeson Family are an Igbo-African American family from North Carolina. The man, Mr. William Drew Robeson was born into slavery and later escaped from slavery in 1860 at 15 years, together with his brother, Ezekiel Robeson. His father, Benjamin Robeson, was born into slavery on the Roberson plantation near Cross Road Township and Raleigh, Martin County, North Carolina. William Robeson was of Igbo descent, having descended, through his Igbo father, from Igbo slaves enslaved from the Bight of Biafra and shipped to the Americas(North, Central and South America).

Mrs Maria Louisa Bustill-Robeson was born in 1853 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of Igbo African, Native American, and Anglo-American descent. She was a descendant of the Igbo people on her paternal side through her great-grand father, Cyrus Bustill, an Eboe slave who had bought his freedom since mid 1700s.

The Robeson and Bustill families lived during the peak of the slave trade era, which was characterized by difficult living conditions for blacks and racial discrimination against black people(people of color). Despite the circumstances which they found themselves in, these two distinguished Eboe families worked hard and achieved success. Mr. William distinguished himself from many blacks of his time by attending college (Lincoln University) and obtaining an undergraduate degree, and later another one in Theology. Maria(often called Louisa as a child) also attended university, Lincoln University. Her great-grand father, Bustill, after escaping from slavery moved to Philadelphia where he opened a bakery business. Active with other free black leaders, Mr. Bustill became one of the founders in Philadelphia of the Free African Society in 1787, "the first mutual aid organization of African Americans. Through the years, the Bustill Eboe family achieved success and merit by becoming teachers, artists, business people, and pioneers in many professions.

Louisa was was already teaching when she met Robeson. She married Robeson in 1878 after which they had 7 children together, two of which died in infancy.

Both the Robesons emphasized education and advancement for their children. Their first daughter, Gertrude Lascet Robeson (1880), died as an infant. It was an "upwardly mobile" family; all but one of their sons were highly successful as adults, with two having professional careers. William Drew (Bill) Robeson, Jr.(1881-1927) became a physician in Washington, DC. Their daughter Marian M. Robeson (1894-1977) married Dr. William Forsythe and moved to Philadelphia; her husband became a successful businessman. Benjamin C. Robeson (1892-1966), became a minister at 'Mother Zion" African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Harlem, which was the second independent African-American denomination in the nation. John Bunyan Reeve Robeson (1886-1930) aka Reed Robeson, after being sent from home by his father for his propensity for getting into altercations with whites, married and moved to Detroit, where he worked as a laborer and may have worked at a hotel, but he died young and in poverty.

The youngest surviving child, Paul LeRoy Robeson, better known as Paul Robeson (1898-1976), became an internationally known athlete, orator, singer and actor. He also became an activist for civil rights. Another child died at birth, but the name is not known.

Noteworthy about these two notable Eboe families is that they found themselves living in the peak of slavery and surrounded by racism and difficult living circumstances for black people and despite the odds they distinguished themselves in their respective fields of endeavor. A symbolic feat for many blacks of that time.

Reading through the write up, one would notice the Igbo values of hard work, success, business mind, achievement, education, determination, and perseverance playing out in the lives of the families and their descendants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Drew_Robeson_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Louisa_Bustill#cite_note-boyle-5

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:32am On Sep 10, 2013
@Crayola1
HUG A TRANSFORMER "IGBO FOOL".
SOUTH AFRICAN BORN NANA MERIWETHER IS "MISS USA". Born to a AA father and SA mother ZULU. grin grin grin

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/sa-born-miss-usa-visits-family-in-soweto-1.1518567#.Ui70qD-fzZ4

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:32am On Sep 10, 2013
Nana in US. grin grin grin grin

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:34am On Sep 10, 2013
IGBOS DEAD WITH JEALOUSY cry cry cry cry

[b]SA-born Miss USA visits family in Soweto

May 20 2013 at 12:07pm
By KUTLWANO OLIFANT

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Miss USA, Nana Meriwether with her South African grandparents at their home in Diepkloof, Soweto. Picture: Sharon Seretlo

Johannesburg - Miss USA Nana Meriwether is expected to visit a Soweto school this week before jetting home to the States on Thursday.

Meriwether is on her official homecoming visit in the country. The beauty queen’s tour began in Cape Town on Thursday last week before she arrived in Joburg on Friday before paying a visit to Soweto.

The 28-year-old South African-born queen, paid her maternal grandparents a visit in the lavish township of Diepkloof Extension.

Meriwether said her trip to the country was to celebrate her title with her grandparents and South Africans.

“I’ve been waiting for six months to come here. After being crowned Miss USA, I went to the Miss Universe organisation’s offices and said my homecoming trip would be South Africa,” she said.

“I was born here. This is a lovely country with an amazing culture, hospitality and diversity,” she said.

Meriwether’s first stop in Soweto was at the Hector Pieterson Memorial Museum in Orlando West. She then proceeded to statesman Nelson Mandela’s house in the famous Vilakazi Street.

However, she said her visit to the country was not the same without the late photography legend, Alf Kumalo, who could have joined her grandparents to welcome her home.

“He was a true legend. Alf taught me about my culture and the country through his pictures. It is a pity he didn’t see me being crowned Miss USA,” said Meriwether.

When she arrived at her grandparents’ home, Meriwether greeted her grandfather Ephraim Kumalo, 89, with a golf club gift.

“This is my girl. I read about you in the newspapers this morning,” said her grandfather, before he was hugged and kissed on the cheek by Meriwether.

Meriwether had also spent time in Soweto last year to visit her grandparents.

Meriwether was crowned first princess in the pageant before taking over as Miss USA when the winner, Miss Rhodes Island[/b]

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:34am On Sep 10, 2013
BACK TO THE TOPIC Frances.... grin grin grin grin
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:39am On Sep 10, 2013
Harriet Tubman GHANA AND AKAN ROOTS. cheesy grin grin grin shocked shocked

[b]Early life and education

Harriet Tubman was born Araminta "Minty" Ross to slave parents, Harriet ("Rit"wink Green and Ben Ross. Rit was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess (and later her son Edward). Ben was held by Anthony Thompson, who became Mary's second husband, and who ran a large plantation near Blackwater River in Madison, Maryland. As with many slaves in the United States, neither the exact year nor place of Araminta's birth was recorded, and historians differ as to the best estimate. Kate Larson records the year 1822, based on a midwife payment and several other historical documents, including her runaway advertisement[3] while Jean Humez says "the best current evidence suggests that Tubman was born in 1820, but it might have been a year or two later."[4] Catherine Clinton notes that Tubman reported the year of her birth as 1825, while her death certificate lists 1815 and her gravestone lists 1820.[5] In her Civil War widow's pension records, Tubman claimed she was born in 1820, 1822, and 1825, an indication, perhaps, that she had only a general idea of when she was born.
A map showing key locations in Tubman's life

Modesty, Tubman's maternal grandmother, arrived in the United States on a slave ship from Africa; no information is available about her other ancestors.[6] As a child, Tubman was told that she was of Ashanti lineage (from what is now Ghana), though no evidence exists to confirm or deny this assertion.[7] Her mother Rit (who may have had a white father)[7][8] was a cook for the Brodess family.[4] Her father Ben was a skilled woodsman who managed the timber work on Thompson's plantation.[7] They married around 1808 and, according to court records, they had nine children together: Linah, born in 1808, Mariah Ritty in 1811, Soph in 1813, Robert in 1816, Minty (Harriet) in 1822, Ben in 1823, Rachel in 1825, Henry in 1830, and Moses in 1832.[9]

Rit struggled to keep their family together as slavery threatened to tear it apart. Edward Brodess sold three of her daughters (Linah, Mariah Ritty, and Soph), separating them from the family forever.[10] When a trader from Georgia approached Brodess about buying Rit's youngest son, Moses, she hid him for a month, aided by other slaves and free blacks in the community.[11] At one point she confronted her owner about the sale.[12] Finally, Brodess and "the Georgia man" came toward the slave quarters to seize the child, where Rit told them, "You are after my son; but the first man that comes into my house, I will split his head open."[12] Brodess backed away and abandoned the sale.[13] Tubman's biographers agree that stories told about this event within the family influenced her belief in the possibilities of resistance.[13][14][/b]

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:46am On Sep 10, 2013
SENEGAMBIAN PLIGHT IN USA. grin grin grin shocked shocked

[b]Diallo came from a prominent Fulbe family of Muslim religious leaders. His grandfather had founded the town of Bundu, and he grew up with Samba Geladio Diegui the heir (kamalenku) to the Kingdom of Futa-Toro. Mandingoes. In 1730, Ayuba became a victim of the ever-growing slave exploitation of the Senegambia region. Ayuba and his interpreter Loumein Yoas (also known as “Lamine Jay,” “Lahamin Joy,” “Lahmin Jay,” “Lamine Ndiaye,” “Loumein Ybai,” and “Lamine Jay”) were near the Gambia River to trade slaves and paper. While visiting some friends on their return trip, Ayuba and Yoas were captured by invading Mandingoes.[1] The invaders shaved their heads to make them appear as war captives, and thereby supposedly legitimately enslavable, as opposed to their actual condition of people captured in a kidnapping raid for the specific purpose of selling slaves for financial profit. The two men were sold to factors of the Royal African Company. Ayuba subsequently convinced English Captain Pike of his high social status, and explained his father was capable of paying ransom. Pike granted Ayuba leave to find someone to send word to Ayuba’s family. Since the messenger did not return in time, at the behest of Captain Henry Hunt, Pike’s superior, Ayuba and Loumein were sent across the Atlantic to Annapolis, Maryland, where he was delivered to another factor, Vachell Denton.

Ayuba was then purchased by Mr. Tolsey of Kent Island, Maryland. Ayuba was initially put to work in the tobacco fields; however, after being found unsuitable for such work, he was placed in charge of the cattle. While in captivity, Ayuba used to go into the woods to pray. However, after being humiliated by a child while praying, Ayuba ran away and was captured and imprisoned at the Kent County Courthouse. It was there that he was discovered by a lawyer, Thomas Bluett, traveling through on business.

The lawyer was impressed by Ayuba's ability to write in Arabic. In the narrative, Bluett writes the following:

Upon our Talking and making Signs to him, he wrote a Line or two before us, and when he read it, pronounced the Words Allah and Mahommed; by which, and his refusing a Glass of Wine we offered him, we perceived he was a Mahometan, but could not imagine of what Country he was, or how he got thither; for by his affable Carriage, and the easy Composure of his Countenance, we could perceive he was no common Slave.

When another African who spoke Wolof, a language of a neighboring African ethnic group, was able to translate for him, it was then discovered that he had aristocratic blood. Encouraged by the circumstances, Mr. Tolsey allowed Ayuba to write a letter in Arabic to Africa. Eventually, the letter reached the office of James Oglethorpe, Director of the Royal African Company. After having the letter authenticated by John Gagnier, the Laudian Chair of Arabic at Oxford, Oglethorpe purchased Ayuba for ₤45.

According to his own account, Oglethorpe was moved with sentiment upon hearing the suffering Ayuba had endured. Oglethorpe purchased Ayuba and sent him to the London office of the Royal African Company in London. Bluett and Ayuba traveled to England in 1733. During the journey Ayuba learned to communicate in English. However emotionally swayed his letters claimed him to be, Oglethorpe was not so conscientious to leave instructions with the London office of the RAC concerning what to do with Ayuba upon his arrival in late April 1733.

Captain Henry Hunt (or perhaps his brother, William Hunt), one of the original factors in charge of Ayuba's enslavement, arranged for lodging in a country province. Yet Ayuba heard rumors that Hunt was planning to sell him to traders who claimed they would deliver him home. Ayuba, fearing yet more trickery, contacted Bluett and other men whom he had met en route to London. Bluett arranged for Ayuba’s stay in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. The RAC, following Oglethorpe’s orders, made in part through persistent requests from interested men in London, subsequently paid all the expenses and purchase price of the bond for Ayuba. Ayuba beseeched Bluett once again, explaining that none of this secured he would not be enslaved once again. According to Bluett, all the honorable men involved had promised they would not sell Ayuba into slavery, so, though supposedly Ayuba was not under any threat, Bluett and other sympathizers paid “fifty-nine pounds, six shillings, and eleven pence half-penny” simply to ease Ayubya’s anxiety. Englishmen in London and surrounding provinces who had met Ayuba collected money so that his “freedom in form,” an official document seal made and sealed by the RAC. Bluett explained, “Job’s Mind being now perfectly easy,” he could fraternize with London’s elite, obtaining many gifts and new friendships, while also being of service to Hans Sloane through his newly acquired ability to translate Arabic into English. Ayuba was in the company of many other prominent people, including the royal family and the Duke and Duchess of Montague. In July 1734, Ayuba returned to Gambia and later returned to his homeland. His father had died, and one of his wives, presuming that Ayuba had perished, had remarried. His homeland was ravaged by war, but being a prosperous individual, he was able to regain his old lifestyle. His memoirs were published by Bluett in English and French. Ayuba was an extremely rare exception in the slave trade. Due to his intelligence and monetary prowess, and Englishmen's desire to use him to increase their own profits in trade on the coast of Africa, he was able to legally escape the hardships of slavery and return home to Africa.

Ayuba, however, faced later hardships. In June 1736, he was imprisoned or held as a parolee by the French. Ayuba may have been targeted by the French because of his alliances with the British. He was held perhaps for a year by the French, when Ayuba's local countrymen, rather than the British, secured his release. He later sent letters to the London RAC to visit London, but this request was denied. His death was recorded in the minutes of the Spalding Gentleman's Society in 1773 [2]

Notably, none of Ayuba’s English contemporaries mention the conditions and experience of Ayuba and Loumein during the Middle Passage. Ayuba continued to press London factors for Loumein’s freedom. Due to Ayuba’s commitment and the help of Bluett, Loumein was eventually returned to the Gambia region in 1738.[3][/b] grin grin grin

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:49am On Sep 10, 2013
first AFRICAN LAND OWNERS IN USA AND SLAVE OWNER. cheesy cheesy cheesy grin grin grin

Anthony Johnson c. 1650.
Born c. 1600
Angola
Died 1670
Colony of Virginia
Other names Antonio
Occupation Farmer
Known for The first black slave owner in the mainland Thirteen Colonies

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:50am On Sep 10, 2013
[b]Anthony Johnson (colonist)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other people named Anthony Johnson, see Anthony Johnson (disambiguation).
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson (slave).jpg
Anthony Johnson c. 1650.
Born c. 1600
Angola
Died 1670
Colony of Virginia
Other names Antonio
Occupation Farmer
Known for The first black slave owner in the mainland Thirteen Colonies

Anthony Johnson (c1600 — 1670) was a black Angolan held as an indentured servant by a merchant in the Colony of Virginia in 1620, but later freed to become a successful tobacco farmer and property owner. Notably, he was the first legally recognized slave owner in the English colonies to hold a servant for life where crime was not involved.
Contents

1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Freedom
2 Casor suit
2.1 Significance of Casor suit
3 Later life
4 References
4.1 Sources
5 External links

Biography
Early life

Johnson was captured by Arab traders in his native Angola by an enemy tribe and sold as a slave to a merchant working for the Virginia Company.[1]

The Virginia Muster (census) of 1624 lists his name as "Antonio not given" with "a Negro" written in the notes column and records that he had arrived in Virginia in 1621 aboard the James.[2] However, there is some dispute as to whether this was the Antonio who became Anthony Johnson as the census lists several Antonios' with this one being only the most likely.[3] Johnson was sold to a white planter named Bennet to work on his Virginia tobacco farm as an indentured servant. Servants typically worked four to seven years in exchange for passage, room, board, lodging and freedom dues. Most Africans in the thirteen Colonies were held under contracts of indentured servitude and, with the exception of those indentured for life, were released after a contracted period[4] with many of the indentured receiving land and equipment after their contracts expired or were bought out. Johnson would later take ownership of a large plot of farmland after he paid out his contract.[5] For those that survived the work and received their freedom package, many historians argue that they were better off than those new immigrants who came freely to the country. Their contract may have included at least 25 acres of land, a year's worth of corn, arms, a cow and new clothes. Some servants did rise to become part of the colonial elite, but for the majority of indentured servants that survived the journey by sea and the conditions of life in the New World, life was as a modest freeman in an expanding colonial economy.

Johnson almost lost his life in the Indian massacre of 1622 when his master's farm was attacked. The Powhatans, who were native to Virginia, were upset at the advance of the tobacco planters into their land and planned an attack on Good Friday. Of the fifty-seven men on the farm where Johnson worked, fifty-two died during the attack.

The following year (1623) "Mary, a Negro" arrived from England aboard the ship Margaret and was brought in to work on the plantation, where she was the only woman. They were married and lived together for over forty years.[6]
Freedom

Sometime after 1635 Antonio and Mary were freed, and Antonio changed his name to Anthony Johnson.[6] Johnson first enters the legal record as a free man when he purchased a calf in 1647 and on 24 July 1651 he acquired 250 acres (100 ha) of land under the headright system by buying five indentured servants, one of whom was his son Richard Johnson. The land was located on the Great Naswattock Creek which flowed into the Pungoteague River in Northampton County, Virginia.:[7]

In 1652 "an unfortunate fire" caused "great losses" for the family and Johnson applied to the courts for tax relief. The court not only lightened the families taxes but on 28 February 1652, exempted his wife Mary and her two daughters from paying taxes at all "during their natural lives." At that time taxes were levied on people not property and under the 1645 Virginia taxation act "all negro men and women and all other men from the age of 16 to 60 shall be judged tithable."[8][7] It is unclear from the records why the Johnson women were exempted but this gave them the same social standing as white women.[8] During the case, the justices noted that Anthony and Mary "have lived Inhabitants in Virginia (above thirty years)" and had been respected for their "hard labor and known service".[6]
Casor suit

When Johnson was released from servitude he was legally recognized as a "free Negro" and ran a successful farm. In 1651 he owned 250 acres and four white and one black indentured servant. In 1653, John Casor, a black indentured servant Johnson had apparently bought in the early 1640s approached Captain Goldsmith claiming his indenture had expired seven years earlier and that he was being held illegally. A neighbor, Robert Parker intervened and Johnson was perseuded to set Casor free. Parker took Casor away to work as a free man on his own plantation. Johnson sued Robert Parker in the Northampton Court in 1654 for the return of Casor. The court initially found in favor of Casor but Johnson appealed and in 1655, the court reversed it's ruling.[9] Finding that Anthony Johnson still "owned" John Casor the court ordered that he be returned with the court dues paid by Robert Parker.[10] This was the first instance of a judicial determination in the thirteen colonies holding that a person who had committed no crime could be held in servitude for life.[11] Thus Casor became the first legally recognized slave in the British colonies and Johnson the first slave owner.[12][13][14][11][15][16][17]

Some genealogists and historians describe John Punch as the first actual slave because he was an indentured servant sentenced to life in servitude as punishment for escaping. The Punch case was significant because it established the disparity between his sentence and that of the two white servants who escaped with him and because it's the first legally documented record of an African being sentenced to slavery in Virginia. It is considered one of the first legal cases to make a racial distinction between black and white indentured servants.[18].[19] Casor, by contrast, was found to have been a slave since his arrival in Virginia.
Significance of Casor suit

The Casor suit was significant because it demonstrated the culture and mentality of planters in the mid-17th century. The individuals in this trial made assumptions about the social organization of Northampton County and their place in it. Casor believed that he could form a stronger relationship with his patrons, Robert Parker, than Anthony Johnson and formed over the years with his patrons. Casor considered the dispute to be a matter of patron-client relationship and this wrongful assumption ultimately lost him the court the decision. Anthony Johnson was much more accurately aware of the situation knew that the local justices shared his basic belief in the sanctity of property. The Judge sided with Johnson though this turned out to be a limited sphere interaction as race played a bigger role in future legal issues.[20]

The Casor suit was also significant because it is one of the best examples illustrating how hard it was for indentured Negros to escape from being reduced to slavery. Most African immigrants couldn't read and had no knowledge of the English language, so slave owners found it increasingly easy to take advantage and force them into slavery. Even though Casor had two white planters confirming his contention that he was free from indentured servitude, the court still ruled in Johnson's favor. It showed that if a Negro having two white planters on his side couldn't find freedom, that it would be nearly impossible for other Negroes, regardless of their background, to find freedom for themselves.[21]
Later life

In 1657, Johnson’s white neighbor, Edmund Scarborough, forged a letter in which Johnson acknowledged a debt. Johnson did not contest the case and although he was clearly illiterate and couldn’t have written the letter, the court granted Scarborough 100 acres of Johnson’s land to pay off his "debt". [5] While it was very common for white landowners to take advantage of blacks in this manner, by and large they enjoyed "relative equality" with the white community. Around 20% of free blacks in Virginia at this time owned their own homes and half of those were married to white women.[22] By 1665, racism was becoming more common and Johnson moved his family to Somerset County, Maryland, where he negotiated a lease on a 300-acre (120 ha) plot of land for ninety-nine years. Johnson used this land to start a tobacco farm, which he named Tories Vineyards.[23][/b]

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 11:58am On Sep 10, 2013
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Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:05pm On Sep 10, 2013
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Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:09pm On Sep 10, 2013
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Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:13pm On Sep 10, 2013
Etan Thomas, commonly referred to as Etan Thomas (born April 1, 1978), is an ... Thomas played his college basketball at Syracuse University from Afro American people of Grenadian descent · His DNA matches 100% Mende people of Sierra Leone. shocked grin grin grin

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:17pm On Sep 10, 2013
Whoopi and India Aries ancestors came same region GUINEA BISSAU. grin grin grin grin

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:19pm On Sep 10, 2013
dirty south LOUISIANA AND SOUTH CAROLINA/GA. cheesy cheesy cheesy grin grin grin grin

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:20pm On Sep 10, 2013
^^^^^^^^^Biafra 2% make some NOISE. tongue tongue tongue tongue tongue
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:22pm On Sep 10, 2013
DESPITE JUGGLING LIES AND FALSE CLAIMS BY IBU.

18 FREQUENT ETHNICITIES IN LOUISIANA OVERALL 1719-1820 grin grin grin

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:30pm On Sep 10, 2013
RECENT FINDINGS SHOW BIGHT OF BIAFRA WAS RIVALLED BY MANDES AND BANTUS IN VA AND MARYLAND. grin grin grin
PITY "CHEAP CELL PHONES CANT SEE THIS". cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy tongue tongue

http://research.history.org/Historical_Research/Research_Themes/ThemeEnslave/SlaveTrade.cfm
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by bigfrancis21: 12:41pm On Sep 10, 2013
@Jayvarley

Do you see pure hatred and delusion clearly running here?

Its people with hatred like this that led to Hitler's mass extermination of Jews, for no pure reason other than just hatred.

I've come up with over 20 different AAs of partial/full Igbo ancestry from DNA testing, plus those from webistes/wikipedia, plus those that have self-testified here on nairaland of their part Igbo ancestry. Yet despite parading all his charts he's only able to produce just 5 people with DNA testing pointing to 5 different tribes not even one as a whole.

Clearly, whose point is more valid here?

Lol. I told you you need not argue with him. He clearly derives joy from the hatred he spews against others. Don't bring yourself down to his level. cool
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:47pm On Sep 10, 2013
TO CHEAP CELL PHONE USERS/419ERS AND PROSTUTES(90% Igbo females have been prostitutes in their life in naai-geria or outside naai-geria). grin grin grin shocked shocked shocked shocked

cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy tongue tongue tongue
TABLE 2.
COASTAL ORIGINS OF AFRICANS IMPORTED INTO VIRGINA BY NAVAL DISTRICT
1698-1774
York district

Senegambia=1,382
Sierra Leone=0
Windward & Gold Coasts=2631
Bight of Benin=0
Bight of Biafra=10469
West-central Africa=4078
Madagascar/Mozambique=1009

Rappahannock
1698-1774


Senegambia=2226
Sierra Leone=0
Windward & Gold Coasts=435
Bight of Benin=180
Bight of Biafra=989
West-central Africa=337
Madagascar/Mozambique=466

South Potomac
1698-1774


Senegambia=569
Sierra Leone=0
Windward & Gold Coasts=0
Bight of Benin=0
Bight of Biafra=197
West-central Africa=0
Madagascar/Mozambique=0

Upper James
1698-1774


Senegambia=984
Sierra Leone=469
Windward & Gold Coasts=1719
Bight of Benin=0
Bight of Biafra=4642
West-central Africa=2663
Madagascar/Mozambique=0

Lower James
1698-1774


Senegambia=580
Sierra Leone=0
Windward & Gold Coasts=259
Bight of Benin=0
Bight of Biafra=177
West-central Africa=0
Madagascar/Mozambique=0

http://research.history.org/Historical_Research/Research_Themes/ThemeEnslave/SlaveTrade.cfm
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:53pm On Sep 10, 2013
@BigFrances

"IGBO FOOLISH TENDENCIES AS USUAL". grin grin grin

africa-info.org/ang/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=596:cameroon-54-black-americans-trace-roots-to-cameroon&catid=38:society
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 12:59pm On Sep 10, 2013
DESPITE LIES BY MR IBU/CARTOON CHARACTER AND HIS LAPDOGS. HE HAS FAILED TO BRING FOWARD NEW INFO. OTHER THAN "BIASE TRIBALIST CR@P" BLINDING HIMSELF WITH LIES IN THE PROCESS. cool cool cool cool cool grin grin grin grin grin

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 1:00pm On Sep 10, 2013
BOOKS READ IBU. grin shocked shocked

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 1:01pm On Sep 10, 2013
FACTS DONT CHANGE IBU. cheesy grin grin grin tongue tongue tongue
U ONLY MANAGED TO BRING CHAMBERS LIMITED INFO, WHO WAS CHALLENGED BY "EXPERIENCED SCHOLARS LIKE DR THORNTON,DR GM HALL,DR J HOLLOWAY,DR ELTIS ETC". U quote him because he was "BIASE TOWARDS IGBOS". shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked grin grin grin grin forgeting that OTHER REGIONS IN AFRICA SENT MORE SLAVES THAN "BIAFRA".

Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by Nobody: 1:25pm On Sep 10, 2013
lol @ kwame grin

thanks for the info dear.
i will use some of it for the Kongo Kingdom thread. smiley
Re: Nigerian (igbo) & African American by kwametut: 1:57pm On Sep 10, 2013
@BigFrances
T D JAKES KNOWS THIS BELOW. OR VISIT "HARVARD UNIVERSITY HISTORY SECTION TO VIEW FACTS LIVE". grin grin grin grin
You even posted a thread howing Biafras 16% import of slaves to US.

Dr. David Eltis TAST (Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade) Database shows us that of the approx 500,000 enslaved Africans brought to the States that we are only able to document the origins of 388,359 enslaved Africans of that the number of enslaved Africans brought to the States from the area called Nigeria today is around 20% this included (Bight of Benin and Bight of Biafra). This number of documented enslaved Africans is up from the 317,748 that were documented in the Dubois Database where the Bight of Biafra accounted from 18.6% of enslaved Africans brought to the States. grin grin grin shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked

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