ncement of Hostilities. 309

CHAPTER XXIV.

THE COLONY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

1681-1775.

Organization of the Government of Pennsylvania.--The Swedes
and Dutch plant Settlements on the Western Bank of the
Delaware River.--The Governor of New York seeks to exercise
Jurisdiction over the Territory of Pennsylvania.--The First
Laws agreed upon in England.--Provisions of the
Law.--Memorial against Slavery draughted and adopted by the
Germantown Friends.--William Penn presents a Bill for the
Better Regulation of Servants.--An Act preventing the
Importation of Negroes and Indians.--Rights of Negroes.--A
Duty laid upon Negroes and Mulatto Slaves.--The Quaker the
Friend of the Negro.--England begins to threaten her
Dependencies in North America.--The People of Pennsylvania
reflect upon the Probable Outrages their Negroes might
commit. 312

CHAPTER XXV.

THE COLONY OF GEORGIA.

1732-1775.

Georgia once included in the Territory of Carolina.--The
Thirteenth Colony planted in North America by the English
Government.--Slaves ruled out altogether by the
Trustees.--The Opinion of Gen. Oglethorpe concerning
Slavery.--Long and Bitter Discussion in Regard to the
Admission of Slavery into the Colony.--Slavery
introduced.--History of Slavery in Georgia. 316

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Part III.

_THE NEGRO DURING THE REVOLUTION_.

CHAPTER XXVI.

MILITARY EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES.

1775-1780.

The Colonial States in 1715.--Ratification of the
Non-Importation Act by the Southern Colonies.--George
Washington presents Resolutions against Slavery, in a
Meeting at Fairfax Court-House, Va.--Letter written by
Benjamin Franklin to Dean Woodward, pertaining to
Slavery.--Letter to the Freemen of Virginia from a
Committee, concerning the Slaves brought from
Jamaica.--Severe Treatment of Slaves in the Colonies
modified.--Advertisement in "The Boston Gazette" of the
Runaway Slave Crispus Attucks.--The Boston Massacre.--Its
Results.--Crispus Attucks shows his Loyalty.--His Spirited
Letter to the Tory Governor of the Province.--Slaves
admitted into the Army.--The Condition of the Continental
Army.--Spirited Debate in the Continental Congress, over the