306 Deceember 1748. 



Negroes in town, who have been lucky enough 

 to get a very zealous Quaker for their mafter, 

 who gave them their liberty, after they had faith- 

 fully ferved him for fome time. 



AT prefent they feldom bring over any Ne- 

 groes to the Rngli/k colonies, for thofe which 

 were formerly brought thither, have multiplied 

 confiderably. In- regard to their marriage they 

 proceed as follows : in cafe you have not only 

 mule but likewife female Negroes, they muft in- 

 termarry, and then the children are all your 

 flaves : but if you pofiefs a male Negro only, 

 and he has an inclination to marry a female be- 

 longing to a different mafter, you do not hinder 

 your Negro in fo delicate a point ; but it is no 

 advantage to you, for the children belong to the 

 mafter of the female ; it is therefore advantageous 

 to have Negro-women. A man who kills his 

 Negro rnuft fuffer death for it: there is not 

 however an example here of a white man's ha- 

 ving been executed on this account. A few 

 years ago it happened that a mafter killed his 

 Have ; his friends and even the magiftrates fe- 

 cretly advifed him to leave the country, as other- 

 wife they could net avoid taking him prifoner, 

 and then he would be condemned to die accord- 

 ing to the laws of the country, without any 

 hopes of laving him. This lenity was employed 

 towards him, that the Negroes might not have 

 the latisfadion of feeing a mafter executed for 

 killing his Have ; for this would lead them to 

 all forts of dangerous defigns again ft their maf- 

 ters, and to value themfelves too much. 



THE Negroes were formerly brought from 



Africa* 



