Note 694 — Chapter XII · OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES (continued 2)

Bancroft, Hist. of U. S. (New York, 1888), II, 275, 276. On this subject see Bruce, Economic Hist. of Virginia, II, 94-98; the discussion by Fiske, Old Virginia and Her Neighbors, I, 16; II, 192-94; and Goodwin, The Colonial Cavalier, 178, who says: "Baptism was permitted to the slave, but with the distinct understanding that it was to make no difference in the condition of bondage of these brothers in Christ." The Virginia law of 1667 will be found in Hening, Statutes, II, 260.