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[962] Massachusetts, 1703, Acts and Resolves, i, p 535; Rhode Island, 1704, Rhode Island Historical Society Collections, vii, p. 230; 1750, Records of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, v, p. 320; and 1770. Rhode Island Laws, edition of 1772, pp. 24, 25; Block Island, 1709, Livermore, A History of Block Island from its Discovery, etc., p. 61; New Hampshire, 1714, Laws of New Hampshire, edition of 1771, p. 52. Connecticut, in 1750, forbade Indian slaves being abroad after nine o’clock at night without the owner’s permission. Acts and Laws of Connecticut, edition of 1750, p. 230. New York City, in 1713, stated the latest time at which Indian slaves could be away from home without their masters’ permission as one hour after sunset. Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, iii, p. 177; and 1751, Ibid., iv, p. 87. Rhode Island, 1667, forbade any Indian to walk about in the night time. Livermore, op cit., 61. New Jersey, 1713, forbade any negro, Indian or mulatto slave to go five miles from home without his master’s permission. Nevill, op. cit., i, p. 21.