Note 42 — NEGRO SERVITUDE IN THE UNITED STATES[A]

Russell, The Free Negro in Va., pp. 16, 23; Ballagh, Hist. of Slavery in Va., p. 29 notes; Brown, The First Republic in Am., p. 326.

Thomas Jefferson said, "the right to these negroes was common, or, perhaps they lived on a footing with the whites, who, as well as themselves, were under absolute direction of the president." Russell, The Free Negro in Va., p. 24.