Chapter XI: +Treatment+

Treatment the same as that accorded negroes 250
Harsh treatment not general 250
Clothing 251–252
Newspaper evidence 251–252
Marriage of whites with Indian slaves 252
Forbidden by the following colonies:
North Carolina, 1715 253
Maryland, 1692 253
Massachusetts, 1692 253
Regulation of Indian slaves 253–254
Each colony settled this matter for itself 253
Indian slaves included by implication in all colonial acts
relating to slaves, if not specified 253
Right to give evidence in court 254–255
Could not testify in trial of a white person 254
South Carolina 254
North Carolina 254
Virginia 255
Maryland 255
New York 255
Protection of slaves’ and owners’ rights in court 255–259
The right to life 255
New Hampshire act of 1708 255
Trial of slaves similar to that of freemen 255
Chance of slave obtaining his rights in court 256
Virginia, 1692, provided special courts for trial of slaves 256
Massachusetts provision of 1647 256–257
New Jersey act of 1713 257
New York act of 1712 257
Tendency of slave owners to conceal crimes committed by slaves 258
Remuneration of master if slave was executed 258–259
Maryland act of 1717 259
Restrictions 259–260
Punishments 260–264
Death 261
Branding 261
Whipping 262–263
Mutilation 263–264
Religious life 264
Provisions of home government regarding religious
instructions of slaves in general 265
Indifference of slave owners 265
Attitude of missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts 265
Reports of the missionaries to the Society 266–268
Attitude of the Society 268
Effect upon the colonists 268–275
Opinions of English authorities regarding idea that baptism
of slaves confers freedom upon them 275
Manumission 275–282
Action of individual owners 276
Purchase of freedom by slaves 276–277
Proof of freedom in court 277
Government action 277–280
Virginia 278
North Carolina 278
Massachusetts 279
Plymouth 279–280
Regulations regarding life of manumitted slaves 280–282