ess; and they not only drew themselves up into the
miserable rags of their own selfish aggrandizements as far as all
competitors were concerned, but regarded slavery with imperturbable
complacency.

In 1738 the population of the Jerseys was, whites, 43,388; blacks,
3,981. In 1745 the whites numbered 56,797, and the blacks,
4,606.[481]

FOOTNOTES:

[475] It is unfortunate that there is no good history of New Jersey.
The records of the Historical Society of that State are not
conveniently printed, nor valuable in colonial data.

[476] Freedom and Bondage, vol. i. p. 283.

[477] The following were the instructions his lordship received,
concerning the treatment of Negro slaves: "You shall endeavour to get
a law past for the restraining of any inhuman severity, which by ill
masters or overseers may be used towards their Christian servants and
their slaves, and that provision be made therein that the wilfull
killing of Indians and negroes may be punished with death, and that a
fit penalty be emposed for the maiming of them."--_Freedom and
Bondage_, vol. i. p. 280, note.

[478] Freedom and Bondage, vol. i. p. 284.

[479] Hurd, vol. i. p. 285.

[480] Hurd, vol. i. p 285.

[481] American Annals, vol. ii. pp. 127, 143.

CHAPTER XXI.

THE COLONY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

1665-1775.

THE CAROLINAS RECEIVE TWO DIFFERENT CHARTERS FROM THE CROWN
OF GREAT BRITAIN.--ERA OF SLAVERY LEGISLATION.--LAW
ESTABLISHING SLAVERY.--THE SLAVE POPULATION OF THIS PROVINCE
REGARDED AS CHATTEL PROPERTY.--TRIAL OF SLAVES.--INCREASE OF
SLAVE POPULATION.--THE INCREASE IN THE RICE TRADE.--SEVERE
LAWS REGULATING THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONDUCT OF
SLAVE.--PUNISHMENT OF SLAVES FOR RUNNING AWAY.--THE LIFE OF
SLAVES REGARDED AS OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE BY THE VIOLENT
MASTER CLASS.--AN ACT EMPOWERING TWO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
TO INVESTIGATE TREATMENT OF SLAVES.--AN ACT PROHIBITING THE
OVERWORKING OF SLAVES.--SLAVE-MARKET AT
CHARLESTON.--INSURRECTION.--A LAW AUTHORIZING THE CARRYING
OF FIRE-ARMS AMONG THE WHITES.--THE ENLISTMENT OF SLAVES TO
SERVE IN TIME OF ALARM.--NEGROES ADMITTED TO THE MILITIA
SERVICE.--COMPENSATION TO MASTERS FOR THE LOSS OF SLAVES
KILLED BY THE ENEMY OR WHO DESERT.--FEW SLAVES
MANUMITTED.--FROM 1754-1776 LITTLE LEGISLATION ON THE
SUBJECT OF SLAVERY.--THREATENING WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND HER
PROVINCIAL DEPENDENCIES.--THE EFFECT U