CHAPTER XXX.

SLAVERY DURING THE REVOLUTION.

1775-1783.

Progress of the Slave-Trade.--A Great War for the Emancipation of the Colonies from Political Bondage.--Condition of the Southern States during the War.--The Virginia Declaration of Rights.--Immediate Legislation against Slavery demanded.--Advertisement from "The Independent Chronicle."--Petition of Massachusetts Slaves.--An Act preventing the Practice of holding Persons in Slavery.--Advertisements from "The Continental Journal."--A Law passed in Virginia limiting the Rights of Slaves.--Law emancipating all Slaves who served in the Army.--New York promises her Negro Soldiers Freedom.--A Conscientious Minority in Favor of the Abolition of the Slave-Trade.--Slavery flourishes during the Entire Revolutionary Period. 402