] Records, 1768, fol., p. 284.

[395] This is the case referred to by the late Charles Sumner in his
famous speech in answer to Senator Butler of South Carolina; see also
Slavery in Mass., p. 115, 116; Washburn's Judicial Hist. of Mass., p.
202; Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., 1863-64, p. 322.

[396] Records, 1769, fol. p. 196. Gray in Quincy's Reports, p. 30,
note, quoted by Dr. Moore.

[397] Slavery in Mass., pp. 115, 116, note.

[398] Lyman's Report, 1822.

[399] Slavery in Mass., p. 118.

[400] Hist. of Newbury, p. 339.

[401] The Watchman's Alarm, p. 28, note; also Slavery in Mass., p.
119.

[402] Mass. Hist Soc. Coll., vol. iv. 1st Series, pp. 202, 203.

[403] Hildreth, vol. ii. p. 564.

[404] House Journal, p. 85, quoted by Dr. Moore.

[405] House Journal, p. 94.

[406] Slavery in Mass., p. 136.

[407] House Journal, p. 104.

[408] House Journal p. 224.

[409] Ibid., p. 226.

[410] House Journal, Gen Court Records, xxx. pp. 248, 264; also,
Slavery in Mass, p. 137.

[411] Mass. Archives, Domestic Relations, 1643-1774, vol. ix. p. 457.

[412] Ethiope, p. 12.

[413] Bolingbroke, pp. 346-348.

CHAPTER XVI.

THE COLONY OF MARYLAND.

1634-1775.

MARYLAND UNDER THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 1630.--FIRST
LEGISLATION ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN 1637-38.--SLAVERY
ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE IN 1663.--THE DISCUSSION OF
SLAVERY.--AN ACT PASSED ENCOURAGING THE IMPORTATION OF
NEGROES AND WHITE SERVANTS IN 1671.--AN ACT LAYING AN IMPOST
ON NEGROES AND WHITE SERVANTS IMPORTED INTO THE
COLONY.--DUTIES IMPOSED ON RUM AND WINE.--TREATMENT OF
SLAVES AND PAPISTS.--CONVICTS IMPORTED INTO THE COLONY.--AN
ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THE CONVICT-TRADE.--SPIRITED
REPLIES.--THE LAWS OF 1723, 1729, 1752.--RIGHTS OF
SLAVES.--NEGRO POPULATION IN 1728.--INCREASE OF SLAVERY IN
1756.--NO EFFORTS MADE TO PREVENT THE EVILS OF SLAVERY.--THE
REVOLUTION NEARING.--NEW LIFE FOR THE NEGROES.

Up to the 20th of June, 1630, the territory that at present
constitutes the State of Maryland was included within the limits of
the colony of Virginia. During that period the laws of Virginia
obtained throughout the entire territory.

In 1637[414] the first assembly of the colony of Maryland agreed upon
a number of bills, but they never became laws. The list is left, but
nothing more. The nearest and earliest attempt at legislation on the
slavery question to be found is a bill that