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Other states soon follow. why? because it was profitable. like virginia. do you know who owned the first state-sponsored slave in america? who was it? this guy. put a slave. his name was anthony johnson. except he wasn't a black -- he wasn't a white man. he, believe it or not, was a black guy. you ever heard that? how did a black man own a black man? well, let's start with him. before he was an owner, what was he? he was an indentured servant. he was a black indentured servant. not a slave. he worked in virginia. 1621. it's recorded in the census. his name was antonio. just recorded his first ...

Four years and this guy got life? oldest story of time. this was the beginning of slavery. he was black. this is the beginning of the real, real nightmare that took a long time to get out. back here, these guys. over here, here is anthony again. he has his indentured servants. well, anthony's slave was john caster. john caster, who is also black, complained to a court that anthony had unfairly extended his terms of servitude. the court emancipated caster and said you are a free man. you can go. but anthony went back and tried to convince a court that caster belonged to him and should be his fo...

Anthony was, well, anthony was doing all these things. there was a court case involving three indentured servants who had escaped. there were three. and here, there are two white guys. and a black guy. got it? this is different than anthony, who is over here. now, these guys ran away. they escaped. they were caught. two of them had the servitude extended by four years and the third one had it extended for life. can you guess which one got life? which means you no longer can buy your freedom, so you in effect become a slave. this one. are you asking the same question i asked? why did these guys...

Other states soon follow. why? because it was profitable. like virginia. do you know who owned the first state-sponsored slave in america? who was it? this guy. put a slave. his name was anthony johnson. except he wasn't a black -- he wasn't a white man. he, believe it or not, was a black guy. you ever heard that? how did a black man own a black man? well, let's start with him. before he was an owner, what was he? he was an indentured servant. he was a black indentured servant. not a slave. he worked in virginia. 1621. it's recorded in the census. his name was antonio. just recorded his first ...

Remember that? you know tubman. you read about her, but do you know everything else around it? she's a devout christian. one of the best known conductors of the underground railroad. this woman is a hero, miraculous. miraculous. she not only escaped, she went back in and escorted 300 slaves to freedom. if i'm not mistaken -- i hate to speak out -- you think she went back for her husband and her husband was with another woman and she was like you're staying there. she moved on. born in slavery in maryland. she married a free slave. escaped to the north. risked everything, returned to the south ...