CHAPTER XIV.

THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS.

1633-1775.

The Earliest Mentions of Negroes in Massachusetts.--Pequod
Indians exchanged for Negroes.--Voyage of the Slave Ship
"Desire" in 1638--Fundamental Laws adopted.--Hereditary
Slavery--Kidnapping Negroes--Growth of Slavery in the
Seventeenth Century--Taxation of Slaves--Introduction of
Indian Slaves prohibited.--The Position of the Church
respecting the Baptism of Slaves--Slave Marriage--Condition
of Free Negroes--Phillis Wheatley the African Poetess.--Her
Life--Slavery recognized in England in Order to be
maintained in the Colonies--The Emancipation of
Slaves.--Legislation favoring the Importation of White
Servants, but prohibiting the Clandestine bringing-in of
Negroes.--Judge Sewall's Attack on Slavery.--Judge Saffin's
Reply to Judge Sewall. 172


CHAPTER XV.

THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS,--CONTINUED.

1633-1775.