Comments and Suggestions Addendum to discussion and explanations in First Paragraph text changed from African to reflect actual data provided by cited source info box updated to reflect same map provided for informational purposes since source of council s ruling was not cited the image of the three council cases re runaways was positioned at the top but can be relocated later in main to support content elsewhere officiating was added because it is not known if he was indentured with a definite end of service date or already one of a number of those in servitude for life or living under some other arrangement so either case may remain an option officiating applies equally to all scenarios without implying one to be more likely than the others while the exact phrase court ordered is not written in stone it is important to distinguish his case from other legally documented instances of servitude for life as generally accepted knowledge I shouldn t think the assertions in the last sentence of the first paragraph would require citations rephrased last sentence of lead to remove WP OR and disclaim the assertions that he fathered anyone also added citations thereto and added in the United States to distinguish from other African Americans notably those who suffered from legalized slavery in South America prior to its advent in the colonies