CHAPTER XI

+Treatment+

Treatment the same as that accorded negroes 250 Harsh treatment not general 250 Clothing 251–252 Newspaper evidence 251–252 Marriage of whites with Indian slaves 252 Forbidden by the following colonies: North Carolina, 1715 253 Maryland, 1692 253 Massachusetts, 1692 253 Regulation of Indian slaves 253–254 Each colony settled this matter for itself 253 Indian slaves included by implication in all colonial acts relating to slaves, if not specified 253 Right to give evidence in court 254–255 Could not testify in trial of a white person 254 South Carolina 254 North Carolina 254 Virginia 255 Maryland 255 New York 255 Protection of slaves’ and owners’ rights in court 255–259 The right to life 255 New Hampshire act of 1708 255 Trial of slaves similar to that of freemen 255 Chance of slave obtaining his rights in court 256 Virginia, 1692, provided special courts for trial of slaves 256 Massachusetts provision of 1647 256–257 New Jersey act of 1713 257 New York act of 1712 257 Tendency of slave owners to conceal crimes committed by slaves 258 Remuneration of master if slave was executed 258–259 Maryland act of 1717 259 Restrictions 259–260 Punishments 260–264 Death 261 Branding 261 Whipping 262–263 Mutilation 263–264 Religious life 264 Provisions of home government regarding religious instructions of slaves in general 265 Indifference of slave owners 265 Attitude of missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 265 Reports of the missionaries to the Society 266–268 Attitude of the Society 268 Effect upon the colonists 268–275 Opinions of English authorities regarding idea that baptism of slaves confers freedom upon them 275 Manumission 275–282

## Action of individual owners 276

Purchase of freedom by slaves 276–277 Proof of freedom in court 277 Government action 277–280 Virginia 278 North Carolina 278 Massachusetts 279 Plymouth 279–280 Regulations regarding life of manumitted slaves 280–282

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