. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. Memoirs of Elkanaft Watson, 1778 - 60000; Burnaby, p. 121, 1759 - 35-000 whites, several hundred blacks;Connecticut., Mass. Hist. Soc. I.,VII., 1773, - 191000 whites, 6000 blacks; Hinman, Conn. Antiq., , Governor to Lords of Trade, 70000 whites^IOOO blacks, militia10000; Fowlers Hist, of Durham, Governors letter, 1774, to Lordsof Trade, 19100 0 whites, 6000 blacks; Hew Hampshire Hist. Coll., I.,227, 1730 - 10000 whites, 200 blacks; Mass. Hist. Coll., I., IV, 196,1763 - 5000 slaves, 45 whites to one black. 1. Short Hist, of Eng. Colonies in Arner.,
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. Memoirs of Elkanaft Watson, 1778 - 60000; Burnaby, p. 121, 1759 - 35-000 whites, several hundred blacks;Connecticut., Mass. Hist. Soc. I.,VII., 1773, - 191000 whites, 6000 blacks; Hinman, Conn. Antiq., , Governor to Lords of Trade, 70000 whites^IOOO blacks, militia10000; Fowlers Hist, of Durham, Governors letter, 1774, to Lordsof Trade, 19100 0 whites, 6000 blacks; Hew Hampshire Hist. Coll., I.,227, 1730 - 10000 whites, 200 blacks; Mass. Hist. Coll., I., IV, 196,1763 - 5000 slaves, 45 whites to one black. 1. Short Hist, of Eng. Colonies in Arner., 408 (Footnote).. CHAPTER IV. Laws and Suggestions concerning the Importation of Negroes. New Netherland, later Hew York. On October 23, 1629, the Assembly of XIX wrote to the States General: The countries, - in the West Indies - yet uninvaded, are for the most part of little consequence and unproductive, or if good and fruitful, are very difficult of cultivation, especially for our people, who, being unaccustomed to so hot a climate, can withe grj^at difficulty betake themselves to agriculture; and being unpro-vided with slaves and not used to the employment of them, cannot,like the Spaniards and Portuguese, supply through others, their owninsufficiency. In the following year in the Freedoms and Exemp-tions granted by the Board of Nineteen of the incorporated West In-dia company to all those who will plant colonies in New Netherland^to occurred the following: Company will use their endeavors tosupply the colonists with as(sfikiy Blacks as they conveniently can,on the conditions hereafter to be
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