Selected Virginia Statutes Relating to Indentured Servants
August 3, 1619:
First recorded case of master-servant dispute.
March 1642-1643:
Laws regulating the conduct and marriage of servants.
March 1657-1658: Laws
regulating commercial dealings between servants and freemen.
March 1660-1661:
Laws begining to regulate the different status between servants and slaves
and imposing penalties for servants running away with slaves.
October 1670:
Laws clearly defining the differences between servant and
slave.
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