The First Jamestown Ships and the First Africans to America

On December 20, 1606, three merchant ships...Discovery, Godspeed and Susan Constant...set sail from England loaded with 104 men and boys charged with starting a settlement in the New World. On May 14, 1607, the three small ships arrived in Virginia, the place chosen was James Island, and set the course of American history.

NOTE:

The term "Ancient Planter" is applied to those persons who arrived in Virginia before 1616, remained for a period of three years, paid their passage, and survived the massacre of 1622. They received the first patents of land in the new world as authorized by Sir Thomas Dale in 1618 for their personal adventure.

There is the real history and there is the history you learned in school and they aren’t even close. You will not know the real history unless/ until you research your own family who were part of that original settlement. The history and records are quite clear what actually happened and that does not fit the narrative of academia. Too bad for them but they simply spun and continue to perpetuate a yarn worthy of a Peter Pan novel.

First Africans to America

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses met; the first representative assembly in the New World. Also, in 1619, the first Africans arrived on a Dutch trade ship that had run low on food and traded the Africans for food supplies. These Africans became indentured servants, as slavery did not develop in Virginia for another 85 plus years. Prior to 1700, many indentured women had children with African fathers. These mulatto children were born free.

Around 1700 a law was passed that punished white women who had children by African men. After 1700, the children of these women were often taken away from their mothers and sold as "indentured servants" until they were of age 21. Many if not most of the non-gentlemen colonists also arrived as indentured servants. Indentured servitude generally lasted seven to eight years and was usually ended with payment in the form of land and a stipend of the local currency. Most of our ancestors arrived as indentures.

For most of the 1600s, white indentured servants worked the colony's tobacco fields, but by 1705 the Virginia colony had become a slave society.

1619--The ship Treasurer arrived in Bermuda from Virginia, with Africans brought via Jamestown by Captain Daniel Elfrith (sic). It was reported that acting Governor Miles Kendall had about 29 Africans from that ship locked up because he believed they were stolen from a Spanish ship in the West Indies. It was later discovered they came originally from Angola.

In 1650, there were about 300 "Africans" living in Virginia, about 1% of an estimated 30,000 population. They were not slaves; any more than were the approximately 4,000 white indentured servants working out their loans for passage money to Virginia. Many had earned their freedom, and they were each granted 50 acres (200,000 m²) of land when freed from their indentures, so they could raise their own tobacco or other crops. Although they were at a disadvantage in that they had to pay to have their newly acquired land surveyed in order to patent it, white indentured servants found themselves in the same predicament.

Some black indentured servants, however, went on to patent and buy land. Anthony Johnson, a black man who settled on the Eastern Shore following the end of indenture, even bought African slaves of his own. George Dillard, a white indentured servant who settled in New Kent County after his servitude ended, held at least 79 acres (320,000 m²) of his own land and was able to marry despite a dearth of women in the colonies at that time.

Between 1618 and early 1619, the governor of the Portuguese colony of Angola, Luis Mendes Vascelos, captured thousands of Africans from the kingdom of Ndongo. These captives were likely the cargo for six slave ships that sailed from Angola to Mexico between 1619 and mid-1620. In early 1619, one of those slave ships, Sao Joao Bautista, left Angola to sail for Vera Cruz. In its cargo were 350 African slaves. While en route to Vera Cruz, the Sao Joao Bautista was intercepted by two Dutch ships, theWhite Lion and the Treasurer, off the coast of Mexico. Roughly fifty slaves were stolen by the Dutch ships that then set their sails for Virginia with the intent to sell their recently ascertained cargo.

The White Lion arrived in Virginia in late August 1619. John Colyn Jope, the White Lion’s captain, sold 20-and-some-odd Negroes in exchange for food. These were the first Africans to enter the Virginia colony, indentured as servants for a period of 7-8 years. In 1623, Anthony and Isabella, who arrived on the White Lion in 1619, gave birth to William Tucker, the first documented child of African descent born in English North America.

See also:

http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/african-americans-at-jamestown.htm

Melungeons:

http://www.eclectica.org/v5n3/hashaw.html

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Last US Slave Ship

Sunrise in NW Oklahoma on December 10 2018

I'm pretty sure Oklahoma has some of the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets anywhere in the world and I have been in many places in this world. That would include the sunsets on Waikiki, which are a ritual to those on the beach. I think it may be attributable to the fact that OK has more VFR flying days than any other state, hence the many military air bases here.

Another Lie or Two from Your DoJ/ FBI

Another lie or two from your DOJ/ FBI. I spoke up about this early on when HRC's emails were "Scrubbed". NOT! The same is now true with respect to the Strozk/ Page PMs. Mueller's team believes they got it covered by "scrubbing" them. NOT! That is a lie! Emails and Texts remain on a Server, no matter that you scrubbed them from your hardware--they just ain't gone. I even spoke to an investigator following the HRC debacle and related this. I will give you one example here. Each and every system has the same capabilities. If you believe your stuff is gone, think again. I had to do this years ago after a system crash. It took me about an hour but I got EVERYTHING back! Lawyers and Judges of course think they know everything. They really don't know S*^T about IT!

https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/retrieve-outlook-data-after-system-crash/?fbclid=IwAR2XapBqhK2PpmqTEeaxqdp8ip5QqOQJ1_kot0MMb6kdL-Zjg0QFm6b7P8s

General Flynn's RIGHTS Under the 4th-6th Amendments Have Been Abrogated

It would be helpful if this was better known:
Mueller’s rebuttal basically admits, “we might have broken the rules, but Flynn admitted he lied so give us a pass.”
That’s exactly what the Constitution exists to prevent. 
Amendment IV: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
General Flynn's RIGHTS, under the 4th-6th Amendments, have been abrogated. He needs to be exonerated and/ or pardoned. His accusers need to be indicted and jailed. There is nothing complicated about it or to understanding the Constitution.

See, it takes a degree to not understand, and a law degree to make it different than what it is.

Texas Tea

There is a story here and it begins with the map. It also begs the question why it is called "Texas Tea" and not Oklahoma Tea. It is attitude and a complete lack of understanding on the north side of the Red River. As it states in the body of the story, each of those dots represent an oil well and it is along those lines of dots where new pipelines will come online between August and December of 2019. One in fact just came online ahead of schedule. You might want to ask yourself a question: Why is Oklahoma not on that map? The US now produces 15.9 million barrels a day, greater than either Russia or Saudi Arabia. By the end of the next year, that total will climb to a projected 17.4 million - Thank God for Texas! Every producing state but Oklahoma has had an increase of late in drilling. Oklahoma has had a decline. Not only that but we are not building pipelines or refineries. Would you like to ask yourself, WHY? It's really basic Macroeconomics 101. By the first quarter of 2020, the US will become a net exporter for the first time in 75 years. In August, the US saw the largest annual increase in production in 98 years. What about OK? Nada! It is a question of attitude and understanding. I worked for 10 years in this state in trying to improve on our business climate. It was like pulling teeth. Why did George Nigh make industrial development his number one priority? JOBS. NOTE to the wise: A state cannot tax and spend to prosperity, nor can it tax and spend its way to educational pay equity with tax and spend. It is again, basic attitude and understanding with a smidgen of economics. California tried it and all they have been successful in so doing is exporting jobs to Texas, the same as Oklahoma. You grow your way to prosperity with JOBS and production. We just had a big tax increase, characterized as paltry by some. Do we now have equity in teacher's pay with Texas? Of course not and we never will with tax and spend policies. Throw in the mere fact that there is no income tax in Texas and we are looking at a disaster--the tale of 2 States. Texas gets an A+ and Oklahoma gets an F = FAIL. We have already sent some of our major oil companies to Houston and we should not be surprised if we send both Continental, Devon and others right down I-35 to Houston. These companies have a Board of Directors and it is their fiduciary responsibility to seek the best bottom line on their financial statements. They don't care about the Red River Shootout-it is a profit they seek. Here in Oklahoma we hear squeaking about earthquakes being caused by the oil industry, a complete and total HOAX. We aren't building pipelines because we might kill Ernie's favorite squirrel gravy for supper. Further, it costs a helluva lot more money per mile to build a pipeline in Oklahoma vs. Texas due to Profit after Tax [PAT]. What we do here is penny wise and pound foolish and that is why Houston is the US Oil Capitol, not Tulsa. Oklahoma needs growth in the economy and maybe a full helping of Grow Up! If we run the remaining big oil out, the only thing we will have left to pay our teachers is weekend Farmer's Markets and a manufacturer or two that we have not also run off, again, down south of the Red River. If Oklahoma was doing its part in production, the US would already be a net exporter of oil. Just makes ya proud, don't it...

Trump Foments Fear

Do you really think so or could that just be an emotional response to hearing something you do not want to hear? Let’s start with this, no one in the world has the Intel on that “Caravan” than the President of the United States, nice name for a phalanx of people marching el norte and planning to breech our border, OUR BORDER. Disabuse yourself of any other notion. The press doesn’t know squat.

Let’s take a look at what he has been saying about an Executive Order [EO] to force the courts to rule on the 14^th Amendment. Take a look at the education he has been giving the masses on the 14^th Amendment. If you understand what he has been saying and have been viewing my posts on the 14 A, you might consider it information the American public needs to discern just what this is all about. It is about a Constitution of a Sovereign Nation, the very basis of this Republic and it is the one single factor that distinguishes US from all others. Think for a moment about the blood spilled in the name of that Constitution, rather than some emotional response to our perceived “values”. That Constitution IS our values.

I am quite familiar with our Constitution, including the 14 A. I am familiar with how real Supreme Court Justices are supposed to rule on such, including but not limited to determining “Congressional Intent” of each piece, part and parcel, of the Constitution, word for word. That Congressional Intent is readily available to each justice. We now have 5 who actually do what they are supposed to do, rather than wetting their finger and testing the winds of feelings ruminating in the air. That just ain’t how it’s done, although it has been done for 150 years of spurious case law. That is over and you might as well forget about it.

The American public, of all ages, need to understand the Constitution, why we have it and why we must adhere to it. It will be very clear to you when you do that we are not a Democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic, comprised of 50 Republics, guaranteed in said Constitution. The only piece of our Republic designed to be Democratic is the election of Members of Congress. It was not until the term of President Wilson that we even elected the US Senate, when the 17^th Amendment was ratified, April 8, 1913. Big mistake and my hope is that it is Repealed, the sooner the better. Previous to that, US Senators were appointed by their respective State Legislatures, beholden to the State, not democratically elected by popular vote. We elect Presidents by the Electoral Process. The President appoints Supreme Court Justices, with the Advice and Consent of the Senate. THAT is your government, Articles I-III.

The only functions provided to Congress are spelled out, one my one, in Article I, Section 8. Period! All else is left to the States and to the People, as defined in Amendments IX and X. That is the extent and power relegated to the Federal Government. The Constitution set this system up so that the States and the Federal Government are Co-equal, neither having dominion over the other. There is no such thing as “Federal Supremacy”, other than with what is specifically stated in Article I, Section 8. Checkmate. It is the function of the Supreme Court of the US [SCOTUS] to make certain that this balance is maintained and further, to make certain the functions of government are maintained as the Framers intended—they are to determine the meaning and intent in any case, with precedent taking a very minimal role and only when that precedent follows that meaning and intent, expressed by the Framers.

Madison’s Notes have all they need to determine Congressional Intent. They are to look to that for guidance. In case you are wondering, I did not have to refer to the Constitution, my notes or Madison’s Notes to reduce this to writing. It is in my head because I took the time to learn what my forbears fought to maintain, what was so important to them and their predecessors. That is what made it important to me.

It is not fear we are selling, it is a sorely needed education. If you would really like to understand Amendment XIV and Congressional Intent:

https://tunkin.blogspot.com/2018/11/amendment-xiv.html

If you would truly like to understand the intent of the proposed Executive Order:

https://tunkin.blogspot.com/2018/10/intent-of-presidential-executive-order.html

Otherwise, just stick with the ever emotional response of “Fear”, after all that takes zero energy, zero knowledge and zero understanding.

Amendment XIV

Senator Jacob Howard Author of the 14^th Amendment

Amendment XIV

Section 1.

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

The very author of the citizenship clause, Sen. Jacob Howard of Michigan, expressly said: "This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. 

Fortunately, we have the highest possible authority on record to answer this question of how the term "jurisdiction" was to be interpreted and applied, the author of the citizenship clause, Sen. Jacob M. Howard (MI) to tell us exactly what it means and its intended scope as he introduced it to the United States Senate in 1866:

Mr. HOWARD: I now move to take up House joint resolution No. 127.

The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the joint resolution (H.R. No. 127) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The first amendment is to section one, declaring that all "persons born in the United States and Subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside. I do not propose to say anything on that subject except that the question of citizenship has been fully discussed in this body as not to need any further elucidation, in my opinion. This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons. It settles the great question of citizenship and removes all doubt as to what persons are or are not citizens of the United States. This has long been a great desideratum in the jurisprudence and legislation of this country.[1]

It is clear the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment had no intention of freely giving away American citizenship to just anyone simply because they may have been born on American soil, something our courts have wrongfully assumed. But what exactly did "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" mean to the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment? Again, we are fortunate to have on record the highest authority to tell us, Sen. Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, author of the Thirteenth Amendment, and the one who inserted the phrase:

[T]he provision is, that 'all persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.' That means 'subject to the complete jurisdiction thereof.' What do we mean by 'complete jurisdiction thereof?' Not owing allegiance to anybody else. That is what it means.

For the full text on Congressional Intent:

https://www.14thamendment.us/articles/anchor_babies_unconstitutionality.html

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