[3] Ballagh, Hist. of Slavery in Va., p. 42.
[4] McCormac, White Servitude in Md., pp. 9, 60, 61, 63.
[5] Ballagh, White Servitude in the Col. of Va., p. 15.
[6] Ibid., pp. 19, 31, 24.
[7] "We see, then, that the colonist, while in theory only a Virginia member of the London Company, and entitled to equal rights and privileges with other members or adventurers, was, from the nature of the case, practically debarred from exercising these rights.... He was kept by force in the colony, and could have no communication with his friends in England.... Under the arbitrary administration of the Company and of its deputy governors he was as absolutely at its disposal as a servant at his master's. His conduct was regulated by corporal punishment or more extreme measures. He could be hired out by the Company to private persons, or by the Governor for his personal advantage." Ibid., p. 26.
[8] Ibid., p. 23.
[9] Ballagh, White Servitude in the Col. of Va., pp. 23, 24, 25, 43 note.
[10] McCormac, White Servitude in Md., pp. 48, 49.
[11] Ibid., pp. 38, 43; Ballagh, White Servitude in the Col. of Va., pp. 40, 49.
[12] "Where no contract but a verbal one existed there was always room for controversy between master and servant, each trying to prove an agreement that would be to his advantage." Ibid., p. 50.