CHAPTER XV.

THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS,--CONTINUED.

1633-1775.

The Era of Prohibitory Legislation against Slavery.--Boston instructs her Representatives to vote against the Slave-Trade.--Proclamation issued by Gov. Dummer against the Negroes, April 13, 1723.--Persecution of the Negroes.--"Suing for Liberty."--Letter of Samuel Adams to John Pickering, jun., on Behalf of Negro Memorialists.--A Bill for the Suppression of the Slave-Trade passes.--Is vetoed by Gov. Gage, and fails to become a Law. 220