[19] "In this we have the germ of addition of time, a practice which later became the occasion of a very serious abuse of the servants rights by the addition of terms altogether incommensurate with the offenses for which they were imposed." Ballagh, _White Servitude in the Col. of Va._, p. 45. [20] Henning, _Statutes at Large_, I, p. 438, II, p. 114, III, pp. 87, 140, 450; Ballagh, _White Servitude in the Col. of Va._, p. 57. [21] Henning, _Statutes at Large_, p. 257; Ballagh, _White Servitude in the Col. of Va._, pp. 50-51. [22] Bassett, _Slavery and Servitude in the Col. of N. C._, p. 34. [23] "Instead of preventing such marriages, this law enabled avaricious and unprincipled masters to convert many of their servants to slaves. While this act continued in force, it did more to lower the standard of servitude than any other law passed during the whole period." McCormac, _White Servitude in Md._, pp. 68-69. [24] Turner, _The Negro in Penn._, p. 30; Bassett, _Slavery and Servitude in the Col. of N. C._, p. 83; Ballagh, _White Servitude in the Col. of Va._, p. 57. [25] _Ibid._, 57; Bassett, _Slavery and Servitude in the Col. of N. C._, pp. 83-84; Turner, _The Negro in Penn._, p. 30; McCormac, _White Servitude in Md._, p. 70. [26] "If she should be delivered of a child by her master during this period she should be sold by the church wardens for the benefit of the church for one year after the term of service.... Here again there was no punishment for the seducing master. It is also evident that the sin of the servant would be an advantage of the master, since he would thereby secure her service for a longer period. We have not the least evidence that such a thing did happen, yet it is possible that a master might for this reason have compassed the sin of his serving-woman." Bassett, _Slavery and Servitude in the Col. of N. C._, pp. 83-84. "By the acts giving the master additions of time for the birth of a bastard child to his servant a premium was actually put upon immorality, and there appear to have been masters base enough to take advantage of it." Ballagh, _White Servitude in the Col. of Va._, p. 79. The master also encouraged marriage between servants and Negroes. McCormac, _White Servitude in Md._, p. 68. [27] Hurd, _Law of Freedom and Bondage_, I, p. 228 note. [28] _Ibid._, p. 255. [29] _Ibid._, pp. 232, 254; Ballagh, _White Servitude in the Col. of Va._, p. 93. [30] Hurd, _Law of Freedom and Bondage_, I, p. 248. [31] Ballagh, _White Servitude in the Col. of Va._, p. 90. [32] "Thus the liberated servant became an idler, socially corrupt, and often politically dangerous." Doyle, _Eng. Cols in Am._, I, p. 387.