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Source and early development of New England horses 890 



Usefulness of horses to the colonists 891 



Early importations 892 



Sources of New England horses 893 



Free range and its effects 895 



Increase in number of horses 897 



The beginning in the export trade in horses 899 



Rise of the sugar industry in the British West Indies 901 



Early exportation of New England horses 902 



Horse stealing 906 



Increasing demand for New England horses from 1700 to 1775 908 



Growth of the sugar trade and expansion of the market for 



horses 909 



Contraband trade during the French and Indian War 912 



Changes in the production of sugar 913 



Development of commercial horse raising from 1700 to 1775 915 



Exportations from Rhode Island ports 916 



Exportations from Connecticut ports 917 



Sources of supply for the export trade 919 



The Narragansett planters and their horses 920 



Decline in horse raising after the Revolution 926 



Citations 930 



Sources of information 936 



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