[9] "Petition of a negro for redress To the Rt. Hon'ble Sir William Berkeley, Knt., Goverr and Cap. Genl of Virga, with the Hon. Councell of State. The Petiti'on of Phillip Corven, a negro, in all humility showeth: That yor petr being a servant to Mrs. Annye Beazley, late of James, City County, widow, deed. The said Mrs. Beazley made her last will and testament in writing, under her hand and seal, bearing date of April, An Dom. 1664, ... that yor petr by the then name of negro boy Philip, should serve her cousin, ... the terme of eight yeares ... and then should enjoy his freedom and be paid three barrels of corne and a sute of clothes." Cowen was sold, it appears, to Lucas who kept him and forced him to sign the long indenture. Palmer, _Calendar of State Papers_, I, p. 10. Russell corrects "Corven" to "Cowan," _The Free Negro in Va._, p. 34. [10] "This practice of holding negroes for a longer term than white persons, which lasted for a longer time than had originally been contemplated, since it was allowed to apply to negroes brought into Pennsylvania from other states, bade fair to perpetuate itself and last longer still." Turner, _The Negro in Penn._, pp. 93, 95, 99-100. [11] _Ibid._, 95. [12] Stevens, _Hist. of Ga._, I, p. 306. [13] Henning, _Statutes at Large_, pp. 145, 146, 252, 433, 551, 552; _Ibid._, II, 115; _Ibid._, III, 87, 453; Ballagh, _Hist. of Slavery in Va._, p. 57; Turner, _The Negro in Penn._, pp. 112-113; McCormac, _White Servitude in Md._, pp. 67-70. [14] Ballagh, _Hist. of Slavery in Va._, p. 57; McCormac, _White Servitude in Md._, p. 67. [15] Ballagh, _Hist. of Slavery in Va._, p. 39. [16] _Ibid._, pp. 57-58. [17] Stroud, _Laws Relating to Slavery_, pp. 8-9; Turner, _The Negro in Penn._, pp. 24-25, 92; Moore, _Notes on the Hist. of Slavery in Mass._, p. 54.