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we enjoin our officers, in every tlepartmenr, to banifli thence all 

 Jews whatfoever who have taken up their refidence therein ; which 

 Jews (beiu'i- avowed enemies to the name of Chri(t) we hereby 

 command to retire from the lame within the fpace of three months, 

 to be computed from the day of pubhcation of thefe prefents, on 

 pain of forfeiting their Hves and goods [S]. 



II. All flaves that are in our iflands Ihall be baptized, and In- 

 flrufted in the Catholic, Apoftolic, and Romifl-i rehgion. We 

 enjoin the inhabitants, purchafers of flaves newly-imported, to 

 give notice thereof to the governor and intendant of the faid iflands 

 refpeftively, within eight days at the fartheft, on pain of incurring 

 an arbitrary fine. And liich governor and intendant fliall give the 

 neceflliry orders for caufing tl:hem to be baptized, and inftrudted, 

 at convenient times. 



III. We forbid the public exercife of any otiierthan the Catholic, 

 Apoftolic, and Romilh religio)). We will, that all perfons, who 

 acl contrary to this prohibition, fhall be puniflied as rebels, and 

 contemners of our authority. In this view, we forbid all heretical 

 aflemblies; declaring the fame to be illegal and feditlous conven- 

 ticles, iubjedl to the like puniOiment; which alfo fhall be inflided 

 upon thofe mafters who permit their flaves to attend fuch aflemblies. 



IV. No one fl-iall be appointed an overfeer of Negroes who does 

 not profefs the Catholic, Apoflolic, and Romifli religion. And, 

 in cafe any other (hall be fo employed, the Negroes, belonging to 

 the mafler fo appointing, fhall be forfeited ; and the peribn, ac- 

 cepting fuch employment, fliall be fubjed to arbitrary punifliment. 



V. We 



[^] I would not recommciul tliis article to tlie imitation of our Jamaica Icgiilatiire : it is clearly 

 bounded in fuperlKtion .ind bad policy. The French, indeed, out-numbering us in pcjple, can 

 letter afford iupplics than we, from their European hive, to inhabit and lirengthen their Wcd- 

 India colonies. But what murt our lofles of trade and inhabitants have been at Jamaica, had we 

 copied f«)m this precedent, and (as our council once foolirtily petitioned the crown) profcribcd 

 thefe ufeful people from our ifland ? In f iO>, this meafure of the French government has been, 

 comparatively fpeaking, atmoft as beneficial to us, as their perfecution ot the Hugonots, many 

 years ago, proved to England. We gained a large acceffion ot fubjefts, who brought not only 

 their \>eahh with them, but their knowledge in trade; and, having incorporated themfelves im- 

 nioveably with our fociety, by the purchafe and fettlement of lands among us, their gains in com- 

 merce, or planting, are permanently attached to our ifland. " There are two duties" (fays Mr. 

 Voltaite) " which the Jews confider as the moft indifpenfable of all others, namely, the getting of 



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