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[451] Brackett, The Negro in Maryland, pp. 32-33.

[452] Benjamin Banneker's mother was a white woman who married one of her own slaves. See Tyson, Benjamin Banneker, p. 3.

[453] Archives of Maryland, Proceedings of the General Assembly, 1637-1664, pp. 533-534.

[454] Calhoun, A Social History of the American Family, p. 94.

[455] Harris and McHenry Reports, I, pp. 374, 376; II, pp. 26, 38, 214, 233.

[456] Hurd, Law of Freedom and Bondage, VI, pp. 249-250.

[457] McCormac, White Servitude in Maryland, p. 70.

[458] Act of Assembly, Oct., 1727.

[459] Dorsey, The General Public Statutory Law and Public Local Law of State of Maryland, from 1692-1839, p. 79.

[460] Bullagh, White Servitude in the Colony of Virginia, pp. 72, 73.