efforts to enlist in South Carolina, 351;
    company of, enlisted in Connecticut, 361;
    return of, in the army, 1778, 362;
    as soldiers, 1775-1783, 363;
    at the battle of Bunker Hill, 363;
    at battle of Rhode Island, 368;
    valor of, 369;
    sale of two captured, prohibited in Massachusetts, 371;
    disposal of recaptured, 374, 376;
    education of, prohibited, 385.

  Newburyport, Mass, a slave sues for freedom, 231

  New England Negroes leave for England, 86;
    engaged in the slave trade, 174, 180;
    see Massachusetts.

  New Hampshire, Massachusetts exercises authority over, 309;
    slavery in, 309-311;
    Negro slave emancipated, 309;
    instruction against importation of slaves, 309;
    conduct of servants regulated, 319;
    ill treatment of slaves, 311;
    importation of Indian servants prohibited, 311;
    ill treatment of servants and slaves prohibited, 311;
    duration of slaves in, 311;
    number of slaves in, 325;
    slave population in 1790, 436.

  New Jersey, slavery in, 282-288;
    Act in regard to slaves, 282;
    the colony divided, with separate governments, 283;
    entertaining of fugitive servants, or trading with Negroes,
      prohibited, 283;
    Negroes and other slaves allowed trial by a jury, 283;
    publicity in judicial proceedings, 285;
    rights of government of surrendered to the queen, 285;
    conduct of slaves regulated, 285;
    impost tax on imported Negroes, 286, 287;
    trials of slaves regulated, 286;
    security required
  for manumitted slaves, 287;
    slaves prohibited from joining the militia, 288;
    population, 1738-45, 288;
    number of slaves in, 325;
    slave population in 1790, 436.

  New Netherlands, see New York.

  Newport, Amos, a slave, sues for his freedom, 229.

  Newport, R.I., Negroes and Indians prohibited the use of the streets,
      264;
    Negro slaves arrive, 269;
    part of them sold, 269;
    vessels fitted out for the slave-trade, 269;
    streets repaired from the impost-tax on Negroes, 273, 275.

  New York, slavery in, 134-171;
    slaves imported from Brazil, 146;
    laws relative to slavery, 139;
    slaves the property of West-India Company, 139;
    supply of slaves, 140;
    Act for regulating slaves, 140;
    Act to baptize slaves, 141;
    expedition against Canada, 143;
    governor of, claims jurisdiction over Pennsylvania, 312;
    number of slaves in, 325;
    Act for raising Negro troops, 352;
    Negro soldiers promised freedom, 411;
    slave population in 1790, 436;
    bill for the gradual extinction of slavery, 440;
    laws in regard to slaves, 463.