First to own a black slave for life

[L Verge]

In the past week, I have read this account in two separate sources - and never remember hearing it before (even in my Black History courses - probably because of political correctness?)

The first man to own a black slave for life in the colonies was Anthony Johnson, who came to the New World as an indentured servant at Jamestown. He bought his and his wife's way out of servitude and purchased a black slave to work on his Virginia plantation.

When his slave claimed that he was an indentured servant and able to buy his way to freedom, Johnson took it to the courts for a decision. The colonial courts agreed with Johnson, declaring that the man would remain a slave for life.

Anthony Johnson, the first man in North America to own a black slave for life, was a black man himself.

Does anyone else have information on this case?