ANTHONY JOHNSON: THE WHITE MEN'S PAWN: THE WHITE MEN'S PAWN

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

'He arrived in chains with one dream: freedom. He would build an empire—and forge the chains for a nation. In the brutal wilderness of 17th-century Virginia, an Angolan boy named Antonio discovers the master’s deadliest weapon isn’t the whip—it’s the law. With a brilliant mind and unbreakable will, he sues his master in court and wins, transforming into the free man, Anthony Johnson. Freedom ignites ambition. Johnson outbids white planters for servants, amasses hundreds of acres, and rises as a Black patriarch in a white man’s world—a victor whose success is both celebrated and feared. By 1655, he rules the Eastern Shore, his dynasty thriving. To protect it, he makes a fateful court decision, declaring a Black man his property for life, believing it secures his legacy forever. But were his victories his own, or orchestrated steps to bind his race in chains? Based on the stunning true story of America’s first Black slaveholder, Anthony Johnson: The White Men’s Pawn is an epic tale of power, betrayal, and a man whose quest for freedom unwittingly wrote the laws of slavery.'