Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Tortugas” in chapter 13 of HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855.:
...ght to this colony and sold among us, for the first time, Feb. 26, 1638.
In 1637, Captain William Pierce was employed to carry Pequot captives and sell them in the West Indies!
On his return from Tortugas , he brought home a cargo of cotton, tobacco, salt, and negroes ! Slavery was thus introduced as early as 1638; but, in 1645, the General Court passed this noble, this truly Christian, order:--
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| † | Tortugas (New Mexico, United States) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| † | Tortugas (New Mexico, United States) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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