[92] Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 Howard, R., 407.
[93] Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, Vol. III. pp. 49, 84.
[94] Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, Vol. X. p. 452, Appendix.
[95] Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., 2d Ser. Vol. VIII. p. 184.
[96] Historical Magazine, June, 1864, Vol. VIII. pp. 195, 197: first printed Boston, 1700.
[97] Washburn, Judicial History of Massachusetts, p. 202.
[98] Commonwealth v. Aves, 18 Pickering, R., 209.
[99] Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Vol. I. p. 243.
[100] Act to prevent the Importation of Negroes and Indians, June 7, 1712: Laws, ed. Dallas (Philadelphia, 1797), Vol. I. p. 93; Archives, ed. Hazard, Vol. I. pp. 160, 162.
[101] Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery: Laws, ed. Dallas, Vol. I. p. 838.