Note 28 — Chapter IV
Reading edition
Perpetual Laws of Massachusetts, 1780–89, p. 235. The number of slaves in Massachusetts has been estimated as follows:—
In1676,200.Randolph's Report, in Hutchinson's Coll. of Papers, p. 485.
"1680,120.Deane, Connection of Mass. with Slavery, p. 28 ff.
"1708,550.Ibid.; Moore, Slavery in Mass., p. 50.
"1720,2,000.Ibid.
"1735,2,600.Deane, Connection of Mass. with Slavery, p. 28 ff.
"1749,3,000.Ibid.
"1754,4,489.Ibid.
"1763,5,000.Ibid.
"1764–5,5,779.Ibid.
"1776,5,249.Ibid.
"1784,4,377.Moore, Slavery in Mass., p. 51.
"1786,4,371.Ibid.
"1790,6,001.Ibid.