. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. t gives the inference that slaves were sometimes very noisy in the late hours. In 1705 a law forbidding marriagebetween negroes or mulattoes and whites was passed. Samuel Sew-all secured the insertion of a clause forbidding masters to fcefuse assent to the marriage between negroes, unless the masters could give 9 good reason for such refusal. The colored offender was to be soldfrom the state. In 1?07 negro males were estimated at £ 20 and ne-gro females at £15. In 1716 Samuel Sewall tried to prevent In- t dians and negroes being fia^ed with Horses and
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. t gives the inference that slaves were sometimes very noisy in the late hours. In 1705 a law forbidding marriagebetween negroes or mulattoes and whites was passed. Samuel Sew-all secured the insertion of a clause forbidding masters to fcefuse assent to the marriage between negroes, unless the masters could give 9 good reason for such refusal. The colored offender was to be soldfrom the state. In 1?07 negro males were estimated at £ 20 and ne-gro females at £15. In 1716 Samuel Sewall tried to prevent In- t dians and negroes being fia^ed with Horses and Hogs but could not 1. Rec. of Mas--. II, 136, 176; III, ^8. 2. Acts and Res. of Prov. of Kass. Bay, I, 91, 214. 3. Ibid. I, 156. 4. Ibid. I, 167, 199, 179, 187. 5. Ibid. I, 240, 258, 278, 302, 337, 359, 413, 386, 483, 495,521, 551, 569, 610, 627, 661, 694, 714, 747. 6. Ibid. I, 337, 359, 386. n. lDld. Iy 614. 7. Ibid. I, 325. 8. Ibid. I, 535. 9. Mass. Hist. Coll., VI, Fifh£ Series, 143* 10. Acts and Res. of Prov. of Mass. Bay, I, prevail. Massachusetts soon ; aware o the undesirable quality ofa spurious and mixt issue. Her slaves were intermedial in mim-ber between ths**- of Mew York and Rhode Island. Her slave code washardly so drastic as was that of New York. Connect icut. a. Trading with slaves wis forbidden in Connecticut in the same law slaves were forbidden to striKe white sometimes had troubles between themselves because of one mans 3. enticing another mans slave to work for him. New Hampshire. ir In 172V negro slaves were rated ad vallorem in New 1728 they were valued at£ 20 per head, women slaves being exclud-ed from taxation. In 1788 the practice of taxing slaves was drop-ped and no subsequent legislation recognized the institution of siav- 7 er^-. Vermont. Vermont had practically no need, of a slave code, since her firstconstitution declared slavery illegal. Of the six colonies considered New Hampshire and Vermont
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