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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]how was "Anthony" on that ship? Was he a willing conscript? Was he sentenced to indentureship by a judge? Was his name even "Anthony"? I doubt the answer to any of those questions is "Yes"
"Anthony" was a CAPTIVE, not a volunteer or criminal, which makes him 100% different from an indentured servant[/quote]

I'm discussing Anthony's (a name he chose himself) status in Virginia. He may well have been a slave while on the Dutch ship. But, when he landed in Virginia, slavery didn't exist in the way that we know it. If you would take time to read the article to which I have twice linked, it says he was recorded in the census. He was listed as a "servant", not as a slave.[b] Maybe the term "indentured servant" is not a perfect description either since that often involves some sort of agreement to enter into servitude and, clearly, Anthony wouldn't have had that option[/b]. At the same time, within a few years he had become free and a land owner. 
[/quote] that's the crux of the matter[/quote]

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