Talk:Angolan Americans

Slavery
This article doesn´t speak the start of the Angola inmigration in the United States had place in the XVII, XVIII and early XIX century when many of the Angolans who were bought as slaves were exported to the United States although, were exported by English pirates and Dutchmen who stole slaves to the Portuguese who left the Angolan port of Luanda, an basic slavery between 1619 and 1650 (Website "Angolans origins of Melungeons in XVII century Virginia"). --79.145.131.225 (talk) 14:59, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Anthony Johnson
I corrected some information about Anthony Johnson. First, it's inconsistent to call him a former slave and then claim that he was the first slave owner. Secondly, Breen's work, published in 1980, doesn't even mention Anthony Johnson. Breen does spend quite a bit of time talking about Johnson in his "Myne Owne Ground", but never calls him the "first true slave owner" in what would eventually become mainland America. He discusses the importance of Johnson as being due to the success and wealth he earned after being freed from his indenture servitude. He highlights the importance of the Casor suit to show how hard it was for Negro indentured servants to prevent themselves from being reduced into perpetual slavery. There were also problems calling Johnson the first true slave owner in America because the colony known as Florida has slaves at the end of the 1500s, Massachusetts legalized slavery in 1641, Connecticut legalized slavery in 1652ish, and historians consider John Punch as the first legally documented slave who was condemned to lifetime servitude in 1640. His owner was Hugh Gwyn. So these are most of the reasons why I changed part of the article. Please see John Punch Table to see a variety of reliable scholarly sources that support the changes I've made.Scoobydunk (talk) 21:46, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Angolan American
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