Anthony Johnson was not "the first slave owner," nor was his civil case victory in 1655 the first to codify lifetime servitude in the legal system of the Americas. A full 15 years before that, three indentured servants attempted to escape to Maryland from a different colony. When they were caught, the black man named John Punch was sentenced in July 1640 by the Virginia Governor's Council to serve as a slave for the remainder of his life to a white man named Hugh Gwyn, while the two white European men were not, thus establishing the first legal sanctioning of lifelong servitude or slavery in the Thirteen Colonies (and highlighting how the two races were treated inequitably).
Honestyandrealityguy, your argument is not only an example of an historical fallacy, but off-topic with regard to this article. I'll leave it to individual readers to question your reason for posting it here.
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