n Negro.

I desire to express my obligation to Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, of
Harvard University, at whose suggestion I began this work and by whose
kind aid and encouragement I have brought it to a close; also I have to
thank the trustees of the John F. Slater Fund, whose appointment made it
possible to test the conclusions of this study by the general principles
laid down in German universities.

W.E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS.

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY,
March, 1896.

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Contents

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY

1. _Plan of the Monograph_ 9
2. _The Rise of the English Slave-Trade_ 9

CHAPTER II
THE PLANTING COLONIES

3. _Character of these Colonies_ 15
4. _Restrictions in Georgia_ 15
5. _Restrictions in South Carolina_ 16
6. _Restrictions in North Carolina_ 19
7. _Restrictions in Virginia_ 19
8. _Restrictions in Maryland_ 22
9. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 23

CHAPTER III
THE FARMING COLONIES

10. _Character of these Colonies_ 24
11. _The Dutch Slave-Trade_ 24
12. _Restrictions in New York_ 25
13. _Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware_ 28
14. _Restrictions in New Jersey_ 32
15. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 33

CHAPTER IV
THE TRADING COLONIES

16. _Character of these Colonies_ 34
17. _New England and the Slave-Trade_ 34
18. _Restrictions in New Hampshire_ 36
19. _Restrictions in Massachusetts_ 37
20. _Restrictions in Rhode Island_ 40
21. _Restrictions in Connecticut_ 43
22. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 44

CHAPTER V
THE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION, 1774-1787

23. _The Situation in 1774_ 45
24. _The Condition of the Sla