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rld, till rent-day drew near, and quit-rents might be 1666. demanded. Chalmers, 520. Such was the origin of fixed settlements in North Carolina. The child of ecclesiastical oppression was swathed in independence. But not New England and Virginia only turned their eyes to the southern part of our republic. Several planters of Barbadoes, dissatisfied with their condition, and desiring to establish a colony under their 1663. own exclusive direction, despatched a vessel to Sept. 29 to Dec. 4. to examine the country. What other report could be made by the careful leaders of the expedition, than that the climate was agreeable, and the soil of various qualities; that game abounded; that the natives were ready to promise peace? The account is reprinted in Lawson, 65—73. Martin, 180, &c, less perfectly. They purchased of the Indians a tract of land thirty-two miles square, on Cape Fear River, near the neglected settlement of the New Englanders, and their employers begged of the
f sympathy, and succeeding generations on the Susquehannah acknowledged his loveliness. Peace existed with the natives; the contentment of the emigrants was made perfect by the happy inauguration of the government. A general convention 1682. Dec. 4-7. had been permitted by Penn: the people preferred to appear by their representatives; and in three days the work of preparatory legislation at Chester was finished. The charter from the king did not include the territories; these were now enfray of the week was reserved, as a day of leisure, for the ease of the creation. The rule of equality was introduced into families by abrogating the privileges of primogeniture. The word of an honest man was evidence without an Chap XVI.} 1682 Dec. 4-7 oath. The mad spirit of speculation was checked by a system of strict accountability, applied to factors and agents. Every man liable to civil burdens, possessed the right of suffrage; and, without regard to sect, every Christian was eligible