. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. ningtwo negro deserters from New Yorlt. Desertion was not the only ne-gro fault. In 1695 an act against the profanation of the LordsBay provided that if a negro was guilty of sue profanation he shouldbe fined six shillings and in default of payment should receiveThirteen Lashes upon the naked Back for each offense. vrhite of-fenders were fined, not whipped. An act for regulating slaves was passed in 1702, revived in 1705, 1719, and 1726, and expired July3 1,1733. Lord Cornbury commenting on the act of 1702 declared itto be absolutely necessary through
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. ningtwo negro deserters from New Yorlt. Desertion was not the only ne-gro fault. In 1695 an act against the profanation of the LordsBay provided that if a negro was guilty of sue profanation he shouldbe fined six shillings and in default of payment should receiveThirteen Lashes upon the naked Back for each offense. vrhite of-fenders were fined, not whipped. An act for regulating slaves was passed in 1702, revived in 1705, 1719, and 1726, and expired July3 1,1733. Lord Cornbury commenting on the act of 1702 declared itto be absolutely necessary through the great insolency or the ne-groes.^ When revived in 1726, a provls^oY was added which made traf-fic with (not in) slaves a oriminal offense. There was an act toprevent the running away of negroes to Canada passed in 1705. This 1. Loc. rel to Col. Hist. N. Y. IX, 323. 2. Laws of N„ Y., 1691-1773 I, 23. 3. Ibid. 1691-1773, I, 51, 68, 113, 142. -Doc. rel to Col Hist. N. Y. V, 782. 4. Ibid. IV, 1004. y? 5. Laws of N. Y. 1691-1773, I, I. a. act was revived in 1715 , and a similar act was passed in 1745. a. This latter act expired at the end of the French v/ar. A sentiment earl£ grew up among the whites that no baptized ne-gro should remain a slave, tut a law of 1706 declared that baptism 3. did not manumit. It also provided that il/-legitimate children s. should assume the status of he mother and that no slave should be 3. a witness in any court for o^ against a freeman. A law passed inT708 for suppressing immoralit^provided that any negro who shouldbe found guilty of swearing, cursing, drunkenness, or talking impu-dently to any Christian should be punished with not more than fortystripes. This lav;, like that of 1695, provided that whites shouldbe fined but not whipped. An act to prevent the conspiracy of slaves v;as passed in 1708, confirmed in 1709, and repealed by the 5. slave code of 1730. This, it will be observed, was prior to the great negro conspiracy of 1712. In
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