assachusetts, 194, 196;
importation of, not so profitable as white servants, 208;
Act encouraging the importation of, into Maryland, 241;
condition of free, in Maryland, 247;
limited lights of free, 259, 308, 315;
prohibited the use of the streets in Rhode Island, 264;
military employment of, 324;
excluded from the Continental Army, 335;
allowed to re-enlist, 337;
in Virginia join the British Army, 339;
cautioned against joining the latter, 340;
serve in the army with white troops in Massachusetts, 352;
efforts to enlist in South Carolina, 351;
company of, enlisted in Connecticut, 361;
return of, in the army, 1778, 362;
as soldiers, 1775-1783, 363;
at the battle of Bunker Hill, 363;
at battle of Rhode Island, 368;
valor of, 369;
sale of two captured, prohibited in Massachusetts, 371;
disposal of recaptured, 374, 376;
education of, prohibited, 385.

Newburyport, Mass, a slave sues for freedom, 231

New England Negroes leave for England, 86;
engaged in the slave trade, 174, 180;
see Massachusetts.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts exercises authority over, 309;
slavery in, 309-311;
Negro slave emancipated, 309;
instruction against importation of slaves, 309;
conduct of servants regulated, 319;
ill treatment of slaves, 311;
importation of Indian servants prohibited, 311;
ill treatment of servants and slaves prohibited, 311;
duration of slaves in, 311;
number of slaves in, 325;
slave population in 1790, 436.

New Jersey, slavery in, 282-288;
Act in regard to slaves, 282;
the colony divided, with separate governments, 283;
entertaining of fugitive servants, or trading with Negroes,
prohibited, 283;
Negroes and other slaves allowed trial by a jury, 283;
publicity in judicial proceedings, 285;
rights of government of surrendered to the queen, 285;
conduct of slaves regulated, 285;
impost tax on imported Negroes, 286, 287;
trials of slaves regulated, 286;
security required
for manumitted slaves, 287;
slaves prohibited from joining the militia, 288;
population, 1738-45, 288;
number of slaves in, 325;
slave population in 1790, 436.

New Netherlands, see New York.

Newport, Amos, a slave, sues for his freedom, 229.

Newport, R.I., Negroes and Indians prohibited the use of the streets,
264;