. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . AN OLD VIRGINIA MANSION. 68 THE STORY OF AMERICA. exodus of those creatures from London was doubtless a relief to the authoritiesthere. Sandys, the Treasurer of the Virginia Company, sent, in 1619, thirty youngwomen, whose moral characters were vouched for, who were bought as wivesiby the colonists upon their arrival ; the price of passage being the value setupon each damsel. As the years went by, the evil of this system of bondage became moreand more apparent, and spread to other parts of the country. Philadelphia, the. THE JAME
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . AN OLD VIRGINIA MANSION. 68 THE STORY OF AMERICA. exodus of those creatures from London was doubtless a relief to the authoritiesthere. Sandys, the Treasurer of the Virginia Company, sent, in 1619, thirty youngwomen, whose moral characters were vouched for, who were bought as wivesiby the colonists upon their arrival ; the price of passage being the value setupon each damsel. As the years went by, the evil of this system of bondage became moreand more apparent, and spread to other parts of the country. Philadelphia, the. THE JAMES RIVER AND COUNTRY NEAR RICHMOND. Quaker refuge, was a white slave mart. Such terms as Voluntary sales,Redemptioners, Soul Drivers, Kids, Free Willers, Trepanning,etc., were familiar throughout the new land. Kidnapping in England, for the Colonies, was so common that it becamethe cause of violent agitation. Even yOuth of rank were not exempt fromthe danger and degradation. Those who carried on the business of trepan-ning were known as Spirits. Criminals under sentence of death, mighthave the sentence commuted to seven years servitude. Artisans and laborers COTTON MATHER AND THE WITCHES. 69 who were unemployed could be retained by force, under certain course, these bond-servants were a source of moral and social trouble anddanger to the colonists. The usual impression regarding the Puritans is that they were austere,unsmilinpf men, with much hard fanaticism and little of the milk of humankindness. That they did suffer much and cause others to suffer for conscienc
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