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AmericaFirst - Indentured Servants and the birth of Slavery in the USA John Punch was an enslaved African who lived in the colony of Virginia. Thought to have been an indentured servant,
Day 2-John Punch was originally brought to the Colonies as an indentured servant. After escaping bondage with 2 Europeans - the Europeans were sentenced to extended indentured servitude. Punch was sentenced to
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