. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. hites and 1000 blacks; in 1756, 126975 whites, 3(119 16 //.negroes; in 1774, 191392 whites, 6464 blacks. From New Hampshire in 1721 was sent to the King the report:The n mber of people in this province upon the arrival of Colonel Shute, the present Governor, in the year 1716, was computed at about 9000, of which there were 1500 men, very few white servants, and 150 blacks: / 3^ the increase during the last four years, was about 500V From Massachusetts, Governor Bradstreet, in 1680, reported con-cerning blacks: There may be within our Government about o
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. hites and 1000 blacks; in 1756, 126975 whites, 3(119 16 //.negroes; in 1774, 191392 whites, 6464 blacks. From New Hampshire in 1721 was sent to the King the report:The n mber of people in this province upon the arrival of Colonel Shute, the present Governor, in the year 1716, was computed at about 9000, of which there were 1500 men, very few white servants, and 150 blacks: / 3^ the increase during the last four years, was about 500V From Massachusetts, Governor Bradstreet, in 1680, reported con-cerning blacks: There may be within our Government about one hundred /3. or one hundred and twenty. 1. Doc. rel. to Col. Hist, of N. Y. VIII, 457. 2. Ibid. VIII, 449. 3. Rhode Island Col. Rec. IV, 59. 4. Ibid. V, 270. 5. Ibid. VII, 253. 6. Ibid. IX, 169. 7. Ibid. IX, 653. 8. Col. Rec. of COnn. 1678- 1689, 298. 9. Ibid. 1744- 1750, 596. 10. Ibid. 1772- 1775, 492. 11. Ibid. 1772-1775, 491. 12. loc. rel. to Col Hist, of N. Y. V, 595. 13. Hist of Slavery in Mass., 49. M. H. S. Coll., Ill, VIII, According to the census of 1790, there were 697897 slaves in theUnited)states. These were divided among the different states as fol- lows : North New Hampshire 158. Vermont 17. Rhode Island 952. Connecticut 2759. Massachusetts New York 21324. New Jersey 11423. Pennsylvania —3737. Totals 40370. South Delaware 8887. Maryland 103036. Virginia 293427. North Carolina^.00572. S. Carolina 107094. Georgia 29264. Kentucky —11830. Tennessee —3417. 657527. /. It will be noticed that no slaves are accredited to Massachus-etts by the first census. Concerning this point the following notesare of interest. Massachusetts has enjoyed the distinction of ap-pearing in the first census of the United States without any slavesamong her population. The following anecdoteconnected with thissubject it is believed, has never been made public. In 1790 a cen-sus was ordered by the General Government then newly established,and the Marshal of the Massachusetts distri
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