S8 Ep1085: Preview: Professor Daniel Rood explores the early American plantation system through the life of Anthony Johnson. Arriving in 161

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Preview: Professor Daniel Rood explores the early American plantation system through the life of Anthony Johnson. Arriving in 1619, Johnson successfully achieved freedom and land ownership before racial enslavement laws were fully articulated. Rood highlights how subsequent legal shifts narrowed opportunities, leading to declining freedom for Johnson's descendants over successive generations.1750

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