children of slaves, 177;

constitutional provisions, 178;

decrease of, 187;

effect on settlement, 177;

freeing of slaves, 64, 65, 177, 179;

French slaveholders, 55, 176, 177;

importation of slaves authorized, 87;

increase, 180, 181;

indentured servitude, 117, 176 et seq.;

legalization, 176;