Virginia Governor Northam Calls Slaves 'Indentured Servants'

Kruz Newz: Blackface Photo Wasn’t Enough, Virginia Governor Northam Calls Slaves ‘Indentured Servants’

In an interview on CBS’ This Morning Virginia Governor Ralph Northam initially referred to the Africans who landed on Virginia’s shores hundreds of years ago as “indentured servants.”

The Governor, who, in my opinion, should have already resigned because of a photo of two people from his yearbook wearing blackface and one dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member. The governor claimed he’s not either of the people in that photo.

Indentured servants are men and women who signed a contract that they would come to America and work for a certain number of years in exchange for passage, room, board and eventually their freedom.

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