Note 32 — NEGRO SERVITUDE IN THE UNITED STATES[A]

"Thus the liberated servant became an idler, socially corrupt, and often politically dangerous." Doyle, Eng. Cols in Am., I, p. 387.

"By the temporary disfranchisement of the servant during his term, common after the middle of the 17th century, a serious public danger was avoided. There could be no guarantee, of the judicious exercise of the suffrage with this class who, for the most part, had never enjoyed the privilege before. Their servitude may be regarded as preparing them for a proper appreciation of suffrage when obtained, and the duties of citizenship...." Ballagh, White Servitude in the Col. of Va., p. 90 note.