The colony of Georgia.

1732-1775.

Georgia once included in the Territory of Carolina.—­The Thirteenth Colony planted in North America by the English Government.—­Slaves ruled out altogether by the Trustees.—­The Opinion of Gen. Oglethorpe concerning Slavery.—­Long and Bitter Discussion in Regard to the Admission of Slavery into the Colony.—­Slavery introduced.—­History of Slavery in Georgia. 316

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Part iii.

THE NEGRO DURING THE REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER XXVI.

Military employment of negroes.

1775-1780.

The Colonial States in 1715.—­Ratification of the Non-Importation Act by the Southern Colonies.—­George Washington presents Resolutions against Slavery, in a Meeting at Fairfax Court-House, Va.—­Letter written by Benjamin Franklin to Dean Woodward, pertaining to Slavery.—­Letter to the Freemen of Virginia from a Committee, concerning the Slaves brought from Jamaica.—­Severe Treatment of Slaves in the Colonies modified.—­Advertisement in “The Boston Gazette” of the Runaway Slave Crispus Attucks.—­The Boston Massacre.—­Its Results.—­Crispus Attucks shows his Loyalty.—­His Spirited Letter to the Tory Governor of the Province.—­Slaves admitted into the Army.—­The Condition of the Continental Army.—­Spirited Debate in the Continental Congress, over the Draught of a Letter to Gen. Washington.—­Instructions to discharge all Slaves and Free Negroes in his Army.—­Minutes of the Meeting held at Cambridge.—­Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation.—­Prejudice in the Southern Colonies.—­Negroes in Virginia flock to the British Army.—­Caution to the Negroes printed in a Williamsburg Paper.—­The Virginia Convention answers the Proclamation of Lord Dunmore.—­Gen. Greene, in a Letter to Gen. Washington, calls Attention to the raising of a Negro Regiment on Staten Island.—­Letter from a Hessian Officer.—­Connecticut Legislature on the Subject of Employment of Negroes as Soldiers.—­Gen. Varnum’s Letter to Gen. Washington, suggesting the Employment of Negroes, sent to Gov.  Cooke.—­The Governor refers Varnum’s Letter to the General Assembly.—­Minority Protest against enlisting Slaves to serve in the Army.—­Massachusetts tries to secure Legal Enlistments of Negro Troops.—­Letter of Thomas Kench to the Council and House of Representatives, Boston, Mass.—­Negroes serve in White Organizations until the Close of the American Revolution.—­Negro Soldiers serve in Virginia.—­Maryland employs Negroes.—­New York passes an Act providing for the Raising of two Colored Regiments.—­War in the Middle and Southern Colonies.—­Hamilton’s Letter to John Jay.—­Col.  Laurens’s Efforts to raise Negro Troops in South Carolina.—­Proclamation of Sir Henry Clinton inducing Negroes to desert the Rebel Army.—­Lord Cornwallis issues a