.

Norfolk, Va., arrival of slaves at, 328.

North Carolina, slaves purchased in, to evade the tax, 128;
slavery in, 302-308;
situation of, favorable to the slave-trade, 302;
the Locke Constitution adopted, 302;
William Sayle commissioned governor, 303;
Negro slaves eligible to membership in the church, 304;
Church of England established in, 304;
rights of Negroes controlled by their masters, 304;
act respecting conspiracies, 305;
form of trying Negroes, 307;
ill treatment of Negroes, 307;
emancipation of slaves prohibited, 307;
limited rights of free Negroes, 308;
number of slaves in, 325;
slave population in 1790, 436.

Nott, John C., antiquity of the Negro, 15;
his social condition, 16.

Oates, Titus, his connection with the Popish plot, 144.

Obongos of Africa described, 46.

Ockote, Osai, king of Ashantee, his war with the English, 43.

Oglethorpe, John, first governor of Georgia, opposed to slavery, 316.

Ophir, Africa, description of, 452.

Opoko, Osai, king of Ashantee, 35.

Osymandyas, king of Egypt, 458.

Otis, James, speech in favor of freedom to the Negroes, 203.

Parsons, Theophilus, his opinion on the existence of slavery in
Massachusetts, 179, 180;
decision in the case of Winchendon _vs._ Hatfield, 232.

Pastorius, Francis Daniel, his memorial against slavery, 1688, 313.

Payne, John, missionary bishop of Africa, 100.

Pendleton, Edmund, letter to Richard Lee on the slaves of Virginia
joining the British army, 339.

Penn, William, Delaware conveyed to, 249;
grants the privilege of separate government, 249;
introduces bill for the regulation of servants, 314;
opposed to slavery, 314.

Pennsylvania, slavery in, 312-315;
government organized, 312;
Swedes and Dutch settlement, 312;
governor of New York claims jurisdiction over, 312;
first laws of, 312;
memorial against slavery, 313;
Penn presents bill for the better regulation of servants, 314;
tax on imported slaves, 314;
importation of Negroes and Indians prohibited, 314;
petition for the freedom of slaves denied, 314;
rights of the Negroes, 315;
tax on Negroes and Mulatto slaves, 315;
fears for the conduct of the slaves, 315;
number of slaves in, 325;
slave population in 1790, 436.

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