Note 44 — Chapter IV
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Bartlett's Index, p. 333; Narragansett Historical Register, II. 298–9. The number of slaves in Rhode Island has been estimated as follows:—
In1708,426.R.I. Col. Rec., IV. 59.
"1730, 1,648.R.I. Hist. Tracts, No. 19, pt. 2, p. 99.
"1749,3,077.Williams, History of the Negro Race in America, I. 281.
"1756,4,697.Ibid.
"1774,3,761.R.I. Col. Rec., VII. 253.