Governor releases a Slave from Bondage.--Instruction against
Importation of Slaves.--Several Acts regulating the Conduct
of Servants.--The Indifferent Treatment of Slaves.--The
Importation of Indian Servants forbidden.--An Act checking
the Severe Treatment of Servants and Slaves.--Slaves in the
Colony until the Commencement of Hostilities. 309


CHAPTER XXIV.

THE COLONY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

1681-1775.

Organization of the Government of Pennsylvania.--The Swedes
and Dutch plant Settlements on the Western Bank of the
Delaware River.--The Governor of New York seeks to exercise
Jurisdiction over the Territory of Pennsylvania.--The First
Laws agreed upon in England.--Provisions of the
Law.--Memorial against Slavery draughted and adopted by the
Germantown Friends.--William Penn presents a Bill for the
Better Regulation of Servants.--An Act preventing the
Importation of Negroes and Indians.--Rights of Negroes.--A
Duty laid upon Negroes and Mulatto Slaves.--The Quaker the
Friend of the Negro.--England begins to threaten her
Dependencies in North America.--The People of Pennsylvania
reflect upon the Probable Outrages their Negroes might
commit. 312