In some ways he was a lucky man. To be sure, finding yourself in bondage on a Virginia tobacco plantation was not the result of good luck, but Anthony Johnson would rise above his low status and ...

Q: The implications of tobacco on the labor needs of Virginia were very profound. Talk to me about that. A: Tobacco was to have an enormous influence on the subsequent settlement and development ...

When someone needed a hand, there were always people there to step up ... has endured many ups and downs since his childhood on that Virginia tobacco farm. But along the way, he has always credited ...