Note 50 — NEGRO SERVITUDE IN THE UNITED STATES[A]
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"Captain Francis West, His Muster. ********** Servants **********
John Pedro, A Neger, aged 30, in the Swan, 1623."
Va. Carolorum, p. 15.
"Muster of Sir George Yeardley, Kt. ********** Servants **********
Thomas Barnett, 16, in the Elsabeth, 1620 Theophilus Bereston, in the Treasuror, 1614 Negro Men, 3. Negro Women, 5. Susan Hall, in the William and Thomas, 1608"
Ibid., p. 16.
"Muster of Capt. William Tucker, Elizabeth City. ********** Servants **********
Antoney, Negro Isabell, Negro William, theire child, baptised"
Ibid., p. 40; see a muster also on page 22.
"On the 25 of January, 1624-5, a muster of Mr. Edward Bennett's servants at Wariscoyak was taken, and the number was twelve, two of whom were negroes." Va. Carolorum, 225 note. See also Brown, The Genesis of Am., II, 987.