John Punch (slave)
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title:
John Punch (slave)
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John Punch was a Central African resident of the colony of Virginia who became its first enslaved person. Thought to have been an indentured servant, Punch attempted to escape to Maryland and was sentenced in July 1640 by the Virginia Governor's Council to serve as a slave for the remainder of his life. Two European men who ran away with him received a lighter sentence of extended indentured servitude. For this reason, some historians consider Punch the "first official slave in the English colon
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First official enslaved person in the Thirteen Colonies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Punch_(slave)
date created:
2012-07-30T23:46:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:32:00Z
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