Note [976 — Chapter XI
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[976] New England Courant, June 17, 1723; Pennsylvania Gazette, October 12, 1738; American Weekly Mercury, August 28, 1729, and August 6, 1730; New England Weekly Journal, December 2, 1728. These marks may, in some instances, have been tattooed for decorative purposes. The South Carolina acts of 1712 decreed branding as punishment for specified crimes committed by “slaves.” The Statutes at Large of South Carolina, vii, pp. 359–360, 374, 376, 377.