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 ====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. 
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