CHAPTER IV

+The Number of Indian Slaves+

Exact number in any colony unknown 105 Statistics rare or lacking altogether 105 Comparative numbers in different colonies 105–117 Largest number in South 105–108 Carolinas possessed most 106 Carolinas exported many 106 Fewer Indian slaves than negroes 108 Number in Georgia very small 108 The same true of Virginia 108 New England possessed many 109–112 Massachusetts enslaved captives taken in war 109–110 The Pequot War 109 King Philip’s War 109 Slaves in various towns 109 Rhode Island possessed some 110 Connecticut and New Haven had but few 110–111 New Hampshire had very few 111 The middle group of colonies had a smaller number than New England 112 New York had more than other colonies 112 None taken in war 113 Some imported from the Carolinas and the Spanish Islands 114 Pennsylvania had few 115 Some imported 115 New Jersey had very few 116 Maryland probably possessed the smallest number 117

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