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Is is anyone aware of any free negroes or other persons of color in the
colonies who held indentured whites in servitude?
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In 1736 the Richmond County court discharged James Talent, a white servant,
from the service of Anthony Morgan because he was a "Mulatto." [Orders
17:394].
On 20 April 1775 a white woman named Mary Scandling was discharged from her
indenture to George Jones by the Halifax County, Virginia court because
George was a "free Mulatto." In February 1777 the court bound Mary's
daughter Macklin Scandling to George Jones.
On 19 November 1778 George deposed that he had been riding on a horse with
Mary Scandling when they met Lucretia Macklin on the road. Lucretia insulted
him, tried to strike him with a stick about the size of his arm, and struck
Mary Scandling instead--resulting in Mary's death soon after [Halifax County
Pleas 1774-9, 109, 193, 379]. (George Jones and Lucretia Macklin, a "free
Mulatta," were both from York County).
Thomas Day, the North Carolina cabinetmaker, employed white carpenters (as
well as slaves) in his factory from 1823-1858, and John DeBaptist employed a
white clerk (in his business in Fredericksburg) who ran away with his wife
according to an ad De Baptist placed in a Delaware newspaper on 17 July
1790.
Paul
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