[383] House Journal, p. 387. [384] Ibid. [385] House Journals; see, also, Gen. Court Records, May, 1763, to May, 1767, p. 485. [386] Slavery in Mass., pp. 131, 132. [387] Felt, vol. ii. pp. 416, 417. [388] Hist. of Leicester, pp. 442, 443. [389] Freeman's Hist. of Cape Cod, vol. ii. pp. 114, 115. [390] Boston Gazette, Aug. 17, 1761. [391] Letters of Mrs. Adams, p. 20. [392] Adams's Works, vol. ii. p. 200. [393] Adams's Works, vol. ii, p. 213. [394] Records, 1768, fol., p. 284. [395] This is the case referred to by the late Charles Sumner in his famous speech in answer to Senator Butler of South Carolina; see also Slavery in Mass., p. 115, 116; Washburn's Judicial Hist. of Mass., p. 202; Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., 1863-64, p. 322. [396] Records, 1769, fol. p. 196. Gray in Quincy's Reports, p. 30, note, quoted by Dr. Moore. [397] Slavery in Mass., pp. 115, 116, note. [398] Lyman's Report, 1822. [399] Slavery in Mass., p. 118. [400] Hist. of Newbury, p. 339. [401] The Watchman's Alarm, p. 28, note; also Slavery in Mass., p. 119. [402] Mass. Hist Soc. Coll., vol. iv. 1st Series, pp. 202, 203. [403] Hildreth, vol. ii. p. 564. [404] House Journal, p. 85, quoted by Dr. Moore. [405] House Journal, p. 94. [406] Slavery in Mass., p. 136. [407] House Journal, p. 104. [408] House Journal p. 224. [409] Ibid., p. 226. [410] House Journal, Gen Court Records, xxx. pp. 248, 264; also, Slavery in Mass, p. 137. [411] Mass. Archives, Domestic Relations, 1643-1774, vol. ix. p. 457. [412] Ethiope, p. 12. [413] Bolingbroke, pp. 346-348. CHAPTER XVI. THE COLONY OF MARYLAND. 1634-1775. MARYLAND UNDER THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 1630.--FIRST LEGISLATION ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION IN 1637-38.--SLAVERY ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE IN 1663.--THE DISCUSSION OF SLAVERY.--AN ACT PASSED ENCOURAGING THE IMPORTATION OF NEGROES AND WHITE SERVANTS IN 1671.--AN ACT LAYING AN IMPOST ON NEGROES AND WHITE SERVANTS IMPORTED INTO THE COLONY.--DUTIES IMPOSED ON RUM AND WINE.--TREATMENT OF SLAVES AND PAPISTS.--CONVICTS IMPORTED INTO THE COLONY.--AN ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THE CONVICT-TRADE.--SPIRITED REPLIES.--THE LAWS OF 1723, 1729, 1752.--RIGHTS OF SLAVES.--NEGRO POPULATION IN 1728.--INCREASE OF SLAVERY IN 1756.--NO EFFORTS MADE TO PREVENT THE EVILS OF SLAVERY.--THE REVOLUTION NEARING.--NEW LIFE FOR THE NEGROES. Up to the 20th of June, 1630, the territory that at present constitutes the State of Maryland was included within the limits of the colony of Virginia. During that period the laws of Virginia obtained throughout the entire territory.