236.
[41] _R.I. Col. Rec._, VII. 251-2.
[42] _Bartlett's Index_, p. 329; Arnold, _History of Rhode
Island_, II. 444; _R.I. Col. Rec._, VIII. 618.
[43] _R.I. Col. Rec._, X. 7-8; Arnold, _History of Rhode
Island_, II. 506.
[44] _Bartlett's Index_, p. 333; _Narragansett Historical
Register_, II. 298-9. The number of slaves in Rhode Island has
been estimated as follows:--
In 1708, 426. _R.I. Col. Rec._, IV. 59.
" 1730, 1,648. _R.I. Hist. Tracts_, No. 19, pt. 2, p. 99.
" 1749, 3,077. Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
I. 281.
" 1756, 4,697. _Ibid._
" 1774, 3,761. _R.I. Col. Rec._, VII. 253.
[45] Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 124.
[46] The number of slaves in Connecticut has been estimated as
follows:--
In 1680, 30. _Conn. Col. Rec._, III. 298.
" 1730, 700. Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
I. 259.
" 1756, 3,636. Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
" 1762, 4,590. Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
I. 260.
" 1774, 6,562. Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
" 1782, 6,281. Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
" 1800, 5,281. _Ibid._, p. 141.
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