Payne worked with her and came to the conclusion that first, he take over her land, and second, to help her obtain new slaves if she did give him possession of land. Most shocking though is that he sought so purchase white slaves. After doing so, he would be granted freedom. This situation is just another example of the undefined lines between the two races, whites were able to purchase blacks and vice versa. Racial barriers did not exist, “Anthony Johnson owned a black slave...whites ran away with blacks...Johnson’s true self was a black slave-owning Englishman” (Breen & Innes 112). All of this was proven through the writing and explanations done by the Breen and
Payne worked with her and came to the conclusion that first, he take over her land, and second, to help her obtain new slaves if she did give him possession of land. Most shocking though is that he sought so purchase white slaves. After doing so, he would be granted freedom. This situation is just another example of the undefined lines between the two races, whites were able to purchase blacks and vice versa. Racial barriers did not exist, “Anthony Johnson owned a black slave...whites ran away with blacks...Johnson’s true self was a black slave-owning Englishman” (Breen & Innes 112). All of this was proven through the writing and explanations done by the Breen and