The Life of Anthony Johnson, an African Slave Who First

question 38

Multiple Choice

The life of Anthony Johnson, an African slave who first arrived in Virginia in 1621, illustrated that

• A) from the beginning, black immigrants faced a life of degradation and bondage.
• B) living conditions for colonial blacks steadily improved through the seventeenth century.
• C) racial boundaries were not firmly marked in the early seventeenth century.
• D) colonial blacks could gain their freedom by working industriously on the land.

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