The Status of the Negro in Virginia During the Colonial Period
The Status of the Negro in Virginia During the Colonial Period
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Vol. VIII. , p 135, Ubid. P 52 J. 38 § 5. Laws Against Insurrection. (A. ) 1620—17-18. Ill 1702 the Council took mecasures to pro. Vide again. St that bugbear of slave owners, a servile insurrec- tion. ' This appears to be the first of the laws of this character and was called forth by the dangers threatened during the war with France and Spain, in which the Colonies were largely concerned. In 1709 there is, in the " Calendar of State Papers, " the mention of an investigation of a conspiracy of... negro and Indian slaves to make their escape, by force if necessary. None of the negroes captured being leaders, only one of them was punished, receiving forty lashes, " and one James Booth, a free negro, who knew of the conspiracy, but failed to disclose it, received twenty-nine lashes. Subsequently, in 1712, a negro named Scipio and an Indian named Salva were found guilty of treason for complicity in that conspiracy, and sentenced to death. '* In 1715' it was made a condition of peace with the " Cattabaws, " Cherokees and other Indian tribes with whom the Colony had been at war, that they should deliver up Pom- pey, an Indian slave, and Pope, a negro slave, who had been active in support of the Indians.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Vol. VIII. , p 135, Ubid. P 52 J. 38 § 5. Laws Against Insurrection. (A. ) 1620—17-18. Ill 1702 the Council took mecasures to pro. Vide again. St that bugbear of slave owners, a servile insurrec- tion. ' This appears to be the first of the laws of this character and was called forth by the dangers threatened during the war with France and Spain, in which the Colonies were largely concerned. In 1709 there is, in the " Calendar of State Papers, " the mention of an investigation of a conspiracy of... negro and Indian slaves to make their escape, by force if necessary. None of the negroes captured being leaders, only one of them was punished, receiving forty lashes, " and one James Booth, a free negro, who knew of the conspiracy, but failed to disclose it, received twenty-nine lashes. Subsequently, in 1712, a negro named Scipio and an Indian named Salva were found guilty of treason for complicity in that conspiracy, and sentenced to death. '* In 1715' it was made a condition of peace with the " Cattabaws, " Cherokees and other Indian tribes with whom the Colony had been at war, that they should deliver up Pom- pey, an Indian slave, and Pope, a negro slave, who had been active in support of the Indians.
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