Antonio Johnson was brought to Virginia as a servant; Antonio was brought to work on a tobacco farm on the James River. He became a free man and acquired his own land. Antonio needed labor workers, the workers were both white and black. He was treated like an Englishman. His family was being treated like the family of an Englishman. When the first Africans were brought to Virginia there weren’t any strict laws placed around slavery. It’s crazy how a black man had his own farm and slaves at one point in the colonies. Then later down the road, it would be laughable to think about a black man having his own farm and slaves. The significance of Antonio Johnson is how when Africans were first brought to Virginia they were treated like humans (somewhat)
