Slavery.
Massachusetts. Acts and laws. Slavery. **H 90.482 Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Repre-
sentatives, Nov. 19. 1754. Upon consideration of his Excel- lency’s Message of this day, Ordered, That the assessors of the several towns and districts . . . send into the Secretary’s office the exact number of the Negro slaves . . . sixteen years old and upward, that are within their respective towns and districts. Sent up for concurrence, [signed] T. Hubbard, Sp’r. In Coun- cil, Nov. 19, 1754. Read and concur’d, [signed] Tho’s Clarke, Dep’ty Sec’ry. Consented to [signed] W. Shirley.
— Broadside. [Boston. 1754.] Size, 8 X 6% inches, Apparently the order for the first slave census in Massachusetts. At the bottom is written: Copy attest J. Willard Sec’ry.
This card wus printed at the Buston Se Public Library, February 27, 1y2a M8091 — Broadsides. — Massachusetts. Slavery. — Slavery. — Massachusetts.
Census.