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    You are hereJohn CasorMarch 8, 1655
    1619First Africans in Virginia Shared thread 1863Emancipation Proclamation Shared thread 1502Slavery in the Spanish colonies Shared thread 1865Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Shared thread 1518Atlantic slave trade Shared thread 1868Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Shared thread

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    March 8, 1655

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    The judgment never used the word "slave." It called John Casor a servant, and ordered him back to Anthony Johnson's service forthwith.

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    First Africans in Virginia ↗

    Both events are tagged Abolition of Slavery and The American Experiment. Follow the topic to compare their stories; no direct influence is asserted.

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    Both events are tagged Abolition of Slavery and The American Experiment. Follow the topic to compare their stories; no direct influence is asserted.

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    Slavery in the Spanish colonies ↗

    Both events are tagged Abolition of Slavery. Follow the topic to compare their stories; no direct influence is asserted.

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    Atlantic slave trade ↗

    Both events are tagged Abolition of Slavery. Follow the topic to compare their stories; no direct influence is asserted.