Скачать или смотреть He Tried to Escape — And His Punishment Helped Define American Slavery

In 1640, an enslaved man named John Punch tried to escape his harsh life in colonial Virginia.
What happened next became one of the earliest legal decisions that helped define race-based slavery in America.

While the two Europeans who escaped with him received short sentences, John Punch was condemned to servitude for life — a punishment that changed history and revealed how laws were beginning to divide people by race.

This video uncovers the forgotten story of John Punch, the court ruling that shaped the future, and what it teaches us about power, injustice, and the beginnings of American slavery.

Stay to the end — the details most people never learn in school may surprise you.

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