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ourt to a Mr. Williams on the Piscataqua, by whom one of the negroes had been purchased, requesting him to send the man forthwith to Boston, that he may be sent home, which this Court do resolve to send back without delay. Three years after, in 1649, the following law was placed upon the statute-book of the Massachusetts Colony:— If any man stealeth a man, or mankind, he shall surely be put to death. It will thus be seen that these early attempts to introduce slavery into New England wewinked at the violation of the law by the mercenary traders, and supplied themselves without scruple. Indian slaves were common, and are named in old wills, deeds, and inventories, with horses, cows, and household furniture. As early as the year 1649 we find William Hilton, of Newbury, sells to George Carr, for one quarter part of a vessel, James, my Indian, with all the interest I have in him, to be his servant forever. Some were taken in the Narragansett war and other Indian wars; others we