CHAPTER XXII.

THE COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

1669-1775.

The Geographical Situation of North Carolina favorable to the Slave-Trade.--The Locke Constitution adopted.--William Sayle commissioned Governor.--Legislative Career of the Colony.--The Introduction of the Established Church of England into the Colony.--The Rights of Negroes controlled absolutely by their Masters.--An Act respecting Conspiracies.--The Wrath of Ill-natured Whites visited upon their Slaves.--An Act against the Emancipation of Slaves.--Limited Rights of Free Negroes. 302