mpany, organized, 86,
objects of, 87.
Simon, a negro, bears the cross of Jesus, 5.
Slavery, Hopkins's Bible views of, 7, 8;
in Egypt, 17,
in Africa, 25-27,
Lord Manfield's decision in the Sommersett case, 85;
colonization, the solution of, 97;
abolished in Liberia, 104, 105;
weaker tribes of Africa, chief source of, 109;
introduced in Virginia, 115, 116, 118;
made legal in Virginia, 123, 124;
growth of, in Virginia, 133;
growth in New York, 134;
sanctioned by the English, 138;
New York laws, 139;
made legal in New York, 140;
in Massachusetts, 172-237;
established, 175, 179;
first statute establishing, in United States, 177;
sanctioned by the church and courts, 178;
made hereditary in Massachusetts, 179;
growth of, in Massachusetts, 183;
recognized in England, 203;
act to abolish in Massachusetts, 204;
prohibitory legislation against, 220-225;
first legislation in Maryland, 235;
established by statute, 240;
increased in Maryland, 247;
introduced in Delaware, 249;
first legislation on, 250;
Indian and Negro, legalized in Connecticut, 259;
in New Jersey, 282;
established in South Carolina, 289;
perpetual, 290, 291;
in New Hampshire 309;
memorial against, in Pennsylvania, 313;
prohibited in Georgia, 316;
Gov. Oglethorpe's opinion on, 316;
discussion on the admission of, in Georgia, 318-322;
established in Georgia, 322;
Washington prevents resolutions against, 327;
legislation against, demanded, 403;
act against, in Massachusetts, 405;
progress of, during the Revolution, 411;
as a political and legal problem, 412;
recognized under the new government of United States, 414;
attempted legislation against, 415;
advocated by the Southern States, 418;
speeches delivered in the convention at Philadelphia on, 420;
in the Federal Congress, 427;
extinction of, in Massachusetts, 429;
Franklin's address for the abolition of, 431;
memorials to Congress for the abolition of, 432, 437;
bill for the gradual extinction of, in New York, 440;
firmly established, 441.
Slaves, social condition of white and black, 16;
the lower class of negroes, 47;
Lord Mansfield's decision in the Sommersett case, 85, 86;
declared free on reaching British soil, 86;
introduced in Americ
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