CHAPTER XVII.

THE COLONY OF DELAWARE.

1636-1775.

The Territory of Delaware settled in part by Swedes and Danes, anterior to the Year 1638.--The Duke of York transfers the Territory of Delaware to William Penn.--Penn grants the Colony the Privilege of Separate Government.--Slavery introduced on the Delaware as early as 1636.--Complaint against Peter Alricks for using Oxen and Negroes belonging to the Company.--The First Legislation on the Slavery Question in the Colony.--An Enactment of a Law for the Better Regulation of Servants.--An Act restraining Manumission. 249