Note 46 — Chapter IV
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The number of slaves in Connecticut has been estimated as follows:—
In1680,30.Conn. Col. Rec., III. 298.
"1730,700.Williams, History of the Negro Race in America, I. 259.
"1756,3,636.Fowler, Local Law, etc., p. 140.
"1762,4,590.Williams, History of the Negro Race in America, I. 260.
"1774,6,562.Fowler, Local Law, etc., p. 140.
"1782,6,281.Fowler, Local Law, etc., p. 140.
"1800,5,281.Ibid., p. 141.