Note 6 — NEGRO SERVITUDE IN THE UNITED STATES[A]

Ballagh, Hist, of Slavery in Va., pp. 37-38. "Negro servants were sometimes compelled by threats and browbeating to sign indentures for longer terms after they had served out their original terms." (Russell, The Free Negro in Va., p. 33.) Indian servants, too, were held and reduced to slaves whenever possible. Lauber, Indian Slavery in Colonial Times, pp. 196-201.