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Simon Tufts (search for this): chapter 13
Lingister3oz. 0.   ----3oz. 0.    How will the above read in the capital of Liberia two hundred years hence? In 1754, there were in Medford twenty-seven male and seven female slaves, and fifteen free blacks; total, forty-nine. In 1764, there were forty-nine free blacks. When the law freed all the slaves, many in Medford chose to remain with their masters; and they were faithful unto death. List of slaves, and their owners' names. Worcester,owned byRev. E. Turell. PompeyDr. Simon Tufts. RoseCaptain Thomas Brooks. PompCaptain Thomas Brooks. PeterCaptain Francis Whitmore. LondonSimon Bradshaw. SelbyDeacon Benjamin Willis. PrinceBenjamin Hall. PunchWidow Brooks. FloraStephen Hall. RichardHugh Floyd. DinahCaptain Kent. CaesarMr. Brown. ScipioMr. Pool. PeterSquire Hall. NiceSquire Hall. CuffeeStephen Greenleaf. IsaacJoseph Tufts. AaronHenry Gardner. Chloe-------- Negro girlMr. Boylston. Negro womanDr. Brooks. Joseph, Plato, PhebeIsaac Royal. Peter, Ab
William Ellery (search for this): chapter 13
Indians being rated with horses and cattle, but could not succeed. No cargoes of slaves were brought into Medford; but how many cargoes of Medford rum went to Africa and the West Indies, and were returned in slaves to Carolina or Rhode Island, we cannot say. The gentlemen of Medford have always disclaimed any participation in the slave-trade. The following extract from a letter, dated Boston, 14th January, 1759, may show what was done at that time. It is as follows :-- Captain William Ellery. Sir,--The Snow Caesar is fully loaded and equipped for sea. My orders are to you, that you embrace the first favorable opportunity of wind and weather, and proceed to the coast of Africa; touching first, if you think proper, at Senegal, where, if you find encouragement, you may part with such part of your cargo as you can sell to your liking, and then proceed down the coast to such ports or places as you judge best to dispose of your cargo to advantage, so as to purchase a cargo of
Ebenezer Turell (search for this): chapter 13
ay 5.By 1 old man for a Lingister3oz. 0.   ----3oz. 0.    How will the above read in the capital of Liberia two hundred years hence? In 1754, there were in Medford twenty-seven male and seven female slaves, and fifteen free blacks; total, forty-nine. In 1764, there were forty-nine free blacks. When the law freed all the slaves, many in Medford chose to remain with their masters; and they were faithful unto death. List of slaves, and their owners' names. Worcester,owned byRev. E. Turell. PompeyDr. Simon Tufts. RoseCaptain Thomas Brooks. PompCaptain Thomas Brooks. PeterCaptain Francis Whitmore. LondonSimon Bradshaw. SelbyDeacon Benjamin Willis. PrinceBenjamin Hall. PunchWidow Brooks. FloraStephen Hall. RichardHugh Floyd. DinahCaptain Kent. CaesarMr. Brown. ScipioMr. Pool. PeterSquire Hall. NiceSquire Hall. CuffeeStephen Greenleaf. IsaacJoseph Tufts. AaronHenry Gardner. Chloe-------- Negro girlMr. Boylston. Negro womanDr. Brooks. Joseph, Plato, Phebe
Caesar (search for this): chapter 13
corded thus: In the hole, on board of the Snow Caesar, one hundred and fifty-three adult slaves, andHall. RichardHugh Floyd. DinahCaptain Kent. CaesarMr. Brown. ScipioMr. Pool. PeterSquire Hall. mestic service. Among these was a youth named Caesar, who was master of the tailor's trade, and madn. All her servants returned with her, except Caesar. He was sold to a son of old Captain Ingrahamsit his aged father, bringing with him his boy Caesar, who left behind a wife and two children. CaeCaesar renewed acquaintance with his former friends, and expressed a decided preference for the freedomvessel which was to convey both of them home. Caesar, however, had a trusty friend in Mr. Nathan Waptable. A general commotion then ensued among Caesar's friends, and they included many of the most y some ladies, who speeded the intelligence to Caesar's friends. Their course then became clear. Mcers, proceeded to the vessel, and brought off Caesar in triumph. Great pains were taken by Mr. Ing[2 more...]
Thomas Reeves (search for this): chapter 13
ly abhorred of all good and just men, do order, that the negro interpreter, with others unlawfully taken, be, by the first opportunity (at the charge of the country for the present), sent to his native country of Guinea, and a letter with him of the indignation of the court thereabouts, and justice thereof, desiring our honored governor would please put this order into execution. May 29, 1644: Slaves took the name of their first master. John Gore is granted leave to set his servant, Thomas Reeves, free. Respecting taxes on black servants, we have the subsequent items: Each of them, in 1694, was assessed twelve-pence; from 1700 to 1719, as personal estate; 1727, each male fifteen pounds, and each female ten pounds; from 1731 to 1775, as personal property. In 1701, the inhabitants of Boston gave the following magnanimous direction: The representatives are desired to promote the encouraging the bringing of white servants, and to put a period to negroes being slaves. Colonel R
Benjamin Willis (search for this): chapter 13
ithful unto death. List of slaves, and their owners' names. Worcester,owned byRev. E. Turell. PompeyDr. Simon Tufts. RoseCaptain Thomas Brooks. PompCaptain Thomas Brooks. PeterCaptain Francis Whitmore. LondonSimon Bradshaw. SelbyDeacon Benjamin Willis. PrinceBenjamin Hall. PunchWidow Brooks. FloraStephen Hall. RichardHugh Floyd. DinahCaptain Kent. CaesarMr. Brown. ScipioMr. Pool. PeterSquire Hall. NiceSquire Hall. CuffeeStephen Greenleaf. IsaacJoseph Tufts. AaronHenry Gardnr coming to rest in it. Paupers coming upon the town were thought to be like angels' visits only in one respect,--they were few and far between. Another is introduced to our notice in the following record: April 25, 1728: Voted to support the widow Willis as we have done, she being more than ordinarily troublesome. Ten pounds were voted. Dec. 3, 1737: Voted that the town will not choose overseers of the poor. For many succeeding years, Medford took the same care of its poor as did other to
Mary Gould (search for this): chapter 13
aily walk, that they became very irritating to the covenant Puritans; and some wished they should be cropped! In April, 1667, a great dispute was held at Boston between them and the Calvinists. Who were the champions in this gladiatorial encounter we do not know, nor where victory perched; but we have proof of blind, unchristian persecution, which stands a blot on the page of history. At the Ten Hills, in Mistick, lived a servant of John Winthrop, jun., who professed the Baptist faith. Mary Gould, his wife, who was with him in his creed, writes to John Winthrop, jun., March 23, 1669, concerning her husband's imprisonment in Boston on account of his peculiar faith. Whether what was done at Ten Hills was approved at Medford we do not know; but these facts tell volumes concerning the ideas, principles, and practices of some of the Puritan Pilgrims of New England. Indians convicted of crime, or taken prisoners in war, were sold by our fathers as slaves! June 14, 1642: If parent
Thatcher R. Raymond (search for this): chapter 13
Noah Johnson — Buildings, $445; hay and grain in barn, $40; ox-wagon and farming-tools, $42527 James Wyman — Fruit-trees30 Moses Pierce — House25 John V. Fletcher — House, $25; fruit-trees, $2045 Joseph Swan — Fruit-trees20 P. C. Hall-Fruit-trees, $920; ornamental trees, $50; fruit, $801,050 Jonathan Porter — Fruit-trees, $75; fruit, $35110 William Roach — Fruit-trees25 Dudley Hall — Fruit-trees25 Samuel Kidder — Buildings, $50 ; fruit-trees, $400; ornamental trees, $50500 Thatcher R. Raymond — Fruit-trees, $100; ornamental trees, $100; fences, $10210 John A. Page — Fruit-trees, $150; ornamental trees, $50; fences, $50250 ----Russell — Ornamental trees150 Orchard (East of Andover Turnpike）40    $18,768 Loss of property in West Cambridge, $23,606. In Waltham, $4,000. The other report of facts, in their relation to science, fills forty pages of the little pamphlet which was published Oct. 30, 1851. It will not be republished here, but may b
1813 AD (search for this): chapter 13
rest only was to be distributed annually among the most necessitous. It was common to imprison the poor debtor. July 16, 1770, the town voted to give security to the high-sheriff, and thus release Nathaniel Francis from jail. When the town bought their first alms-house, the number of paupers lessened, because there were some who would not submit to being connected with such a house, and some who would not associate with such a mixture. The pauper-tax, therefore, was smaller. When, in 1813, the new brick house was built, and afterwards so admirably managed, the earnings of the inmates were enough to lessen the poor-tax nearly one-half. The cost that year was $1,010.25; which is fifty per cent less, proportionally, than the expenses before an alms-house was used. This may help to explain a statement in the report of a committee on town-expenses in 1815, when they say, The revenue of the town has, fortunately, been more than sufficient to meet its expenditures. The males in th
April 22nd (search for this): chapter 13
The following is a fair specimen of the captain's running-account, in his purchase of slaves, while on the coast of Africa, copied by us from the original manuscript:-- Dr.The natives of AnnamboePer contra,Cr. 1770. gals.1770. gals. April 22.To 1 hogshead of rum110April 22.By 1 woman-slave110 May 1.To rum130May 1.By 1 prime woman-slave130 May 2.To 1 hogshead rum105May 2.By 1 boy-slave, 4ft. lin105 May 7.To 1 hogshead rum108May 7.By 1 boy-slave, 4ft. 3in108 May 5.To cash in gold5April 22.By 1 woman-slave110 May 1.To rum130May 1.By 1 prime woman-slave130 May 2.To 1 hogshead rum105May 2.By 1 boy-slave, 4ft. lin105 May 7.To 1 hogshead rum108May 7.By 1 boy-slave, 4ft. 3in108 May 5.To cash in gold5oz. 2.May 5.By 1 prime man-slave5oz. 2. May 5.To cash in gold2oz.    May 5.To 2 doz. of snuff1oz.May 5.By 1 old man for a Lingister3oz. 0.   ----3oz. 0.    How will the above read in the capital of Liberia two hundred years hence? In 1754, there were in Medford twenty-seven male and seven female slaves, and fifteen free blacks; total, forty-nine. In 1764, there were forty-nine free blacks. When the law freed all the slaves, many in Medford chose to remain with their masters;
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