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inflict. Unlike members of the same sex among the whites, the women of the race whose ages exceeded sixteen years were held to be tithable whether they were employed in the field or not, and in this they occupied the same position as negresses.[1] The value of the Indian servant, whether male or female, did not differ materially from that of the English or African.

  1. Hening’s Statutes, vol. II, p.492.