The remainder of the slave code in this colony was like unto those of the other colonies, and therefore need not be described. Negroes had no rights, ecclesiastical or political. They had no property, nor could they communicate a relation of any character. They had no religious or secular training, and none of the blessings of home life. Goaded to the performance of the most severe tasks, their only audible reply was an occasional growl. It sent a feeling of terror through their inhuman masters, and occasioned them many ugly dreams. FOOTNOTES: [429] Dr. Stevens in his History of Georgia, vol. i. p. 288, says, "In the Swedish and German colony, which Gustavus Adolphus planted in Delaware, and which in many points resembled the plans of the Trustees, negro servitude was disallowed." But he gives no authority, I regret. [430] See Laws of Delaware, vol. i. Appendix, pp. 1-4. [431] Albany Records, vol. ii, p. 10. [432] Vincent's History of Delaware, p. 159. [433] Ibid., p. 381. [434] Laws of Delaware, vol. i. p. 436. CHAPTER XVIII. THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT. 1646-1775. THE FOUNDING OF CONNECTICUT, 1631-36.--NO RELIABLE DATA GIVEN FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF SLAVES.--NEGROES WERE FIRST INTRODUCED SOME DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE COLONY.--"COMMITTEE FOR TRADE AND FOREIGN PLANTATIONS."--INTERROGATING THE GOVERNOR AS THE NUMBER OF NEGROES IN THE COLONY IN 1680.--THE LEGISLATURE (1690) PASSES A LAW PERTAINING TO THE PURCHASE AND TREATMENT OF SLAVES AND FREE PERSONS.--AN ACT PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT IN 1711, REQUIRING PERSONS MANUMITTING SLAVES TO MAINTAIN THEM.--REGULATING THE SOCIAL CONDUCT OF SLAVES IN 1723.--THE PUNISHMENT OF NEGRO, INDIAN, AND MULATTO SLAVES, FOR THE USE OF PROFANE LANGUAGE, IN 1630.--LAWFULNESS OF INDIAN AND NEGRO SLAVERY RECOGNIZED BY CODE, SEPT. 5, 1646.--LIMITED RIGHTS OF FREE NEGROES IN THE COLONY.--NEGRO POPULATIONS IN 1762.--ACT AGAINST IMPORTATION OF SLAVES, 1774.