. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. The third. Monday of March, 1751. An Act to prevent all persons keeping house within this col-ony, from entertaining Indian, negro o mulatto servant* or slaves. ? This Act provided, that ro India, mulatto or negro servantor slave, may presume to he absent from the family vrhereto he or sheshall respectively belong, or be found abroad in the night time, af-ter 9 ocloch, unless it be uponsome errad for his or her respec-tive master or mistress, or owner. The act also piohil ited alltraffic with any servant or slave. R. I. Col. Rec. V, An Act for gr
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. The third. Monday of March, 1751. An Act to prevent all persons keeping house within this col-ony, from entertaining Indian, negro o mulatto servant* or slaves. ? This Act provided, that ro India, mulatto or negro servantor slave, may presume to he absent from the family vrhereto he or sheshall respectively belong, or be found abroad in the night time, af-ter 9 ocloch, unless it be uponsome errad for his or her respec-tive master or mistress, or owner. The act also piohil ited alltraffic with any servant or slave. R. I. Col. Rec. V, An Act for granting to His Majesty the several Duties and Im-positions, on Coods, varer- and Merchandizes imported into this Col-ony, therein mentioned. Passd the 12th December, 175$-: For every Negro, Mulatto, or other Slave, of Pour Years old and upwards, imported directly from Africa, five Ounces of Sevil, Pillar or Mexico Plate, or Forty Shillings in Bills of Credit made currentin this Colony. Por every such Slave as aforesaid, of four years old and upwards, imported from all other Places, by Land or Water, the Sum of FourPounas, in like honey. II. And to avoid and clear up Disputes that may happen concerningthe Duty on Slaves; Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, Thatall Slaves imported from Africa, in the same Vessel which took themon hoard on any Part of that Co ast, shall pay no greater Duty foreach of them, than the said Forty Shillings, tho such Vessel hadstoppd at, or entered in any other Port or Ports, before her Arriv-al here: Provided, The Master or Mate, and some o
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