_Ibid._
" 1776, 5,249. _Ibid._
" 1784, 4,377. Moore, _Slavery in Mass._, p. 51.
" 1786, 4,371. _Ibid._
" 1790, 6,001. _Ibid._
[29] _R.I. Col. Rec._, I. 240.
[30] Cf. letter written in 1681: _New England Register_, XXXI.
75-6. Cf. also Arnold, _History of Rhode Island_, I. 240.
[31] The text of this act is lost (_Col. Rec._, IV. 34;
Arnold, _History of Rhode Island_, II. 31). The Acts of Rhode
Island were not well preserved, the first being published in
Boston in 1719. Perhaps other whole acts are lost.
[32] E.g., it was expended to pave the streets of Newport, to
build bridges, etc.: _R.I. Col. Rec._, IV. 191-3, 225.
[33] _Ibid._, IV. 55-60.
[34] Patten, _Reminiscences of Samuel Hopkins_ (1843), p. 80.
[35] Hopkins, _Works_ (1854), II. 615.
[36] Preamble of the Act of 1712.
[37] _R.I. Col. Rec._, IV. 131-5, 138, 143, 191-3.
[38] _R.I. Col. Rec._, IV. 471.
[39] Arnold, _History of Rhode Island_, II. 304, 321, 337. For
a probable copy of the bill, see _Narragansett Historical
Register_, II. 299.
[40] A man dying intestate left slaves, who became thus the
property of the city; they were freed, and the town made the
above resolve, May 17, 1774, in town meeting: Staples, _Annals
of Providence_ (1843), p.
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