Moore, pp. 163-76.

[25] Moore, _Slavery in Massachusetts_, pp. 148-9, 181-5.

[26] Washburn, _Extinction of Slavery in Massachusetts_;
Haynes, _Struggle for the Constitution in Massachusetts_; La
Rochefoucauld, _Travels through the United States_, II. 166.

[27] Moore, _Slavery in Massachusetts_, p. 225.

[28] _Perpetual Laws of Massachusetts, 1780-89_, p. 235. The
number of slaves in Massachusetts has been estimated as
follows:--

In 1676, 200. Randolph's _Report_, in _Hutchinson's Coll.
of Papers_, p. 485.
" 1680, 120. Deane, _Connection of Mass. with Slavery_,
p. 28 ff.
" 1708, 550. _Ibid._; Moore, _Slavery in Mass._, p. 50.
" 1720, 2,000. _Ibid._
" 1735, 2,600. Deane, _Connection of Mass. with Slavery_,
p. 28 ff.
" 1749, 3,000. _Ibid._
" 1754, 4,489. _Ibid._
" 1763, 5,000. _Ibid._
" 1764-5, 5,779. _Ibid._
" 1776, 5,249. _Ibid._
" 1784, 4,377. Moore, _Slavery in Mass._, p. 51.
" 1786, 4,371. _Ibid._
" 1790, 6,001. _Ibid._