224, 226, 237,
etc.; June, 1774, pp. 27, 41, etc. For a copy of the bill, see
Moore.
[24] _Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, 1855-58_, p. 196; Force,
_American Archives_, 5th Ser., II. 769; _House Journal_, 1776,
pp. 105-9; _General Court Records_, March 13, 1776, etc., pp.
581-9; Moore, _Slavery in Massachusetts_, pp. 149-54. Cf.
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.
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