Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-30
Prom the Historical Magazine for January
IIisfOrrcaf Notes ON slavery IN the
Nathan CoIanies and NIates.

ON Rtahtf1 - tht j
Northern Colonies and states.
The colouists Of Massachusetts, assumed to
themselye- "a right TO treat the Indians on the /
footing Of CAnaanites or Amalekites." Bancroft, /
Ill 4DS. and practically regarded them from the
first a. forlorn and wretched heAthens-pOsses-
sing few rights which entitled 10 respect
Cotton Msther's soeculaiOns their origin II
lustraie the temper Of the times.
I'VE know not when or how these Indians hrst
me inhabitants Of this mighty Continent, yet
we nav guess that probably the Devil decoyed
these miserable savages hither. IN hopes that the
Gospel OF the Lord Jesus Christ would never
come here % DESTROY or disturb his absolute em-
pire over them - Magnalia, Book III. Part
Ill
The instructions from the Commissioners Of
the United Colonies TO Major Gibbons. on being
sent against the Narragansetts in lt45, further II
lustrate this spirit.
He was directed TO have "due regard TO the
honor Of God, who is both our sword AMI shield,
twixt Christians, barbarans. well in wares as
In other negotiations" Ii was indeei strange
that men Who professed TO believe that God Ia
made of one blood all nations of men for TO
dwell on all the face Of the earth, should upon
every occasion take care 10 preserve this dis
tncrion Perhaps nothing more etfectually de
fetted the endeavors for Outstanding the In
dams IL SSeulS 10 nave uouc w uoft
sunk their spirits, led them to intemperance and
extirpated the whole race Hutchinson Col
lection of Papers. Isl.
In 1916 the Commissioners of the United
Colonies made very remarkable order. practi-
cally authorizing. upon complaint Of trespass by
the Indians the seizure Of "any OF that planta
ton of Indians that shall entertain. protect or
rescue the offender" The order further pro
ceeds: "And. because it will be chargeable
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escape, they are likely 10 prove more insolent
and dangerous after, that upon such seazure. the
delinquent or satisfaction be agane demanded, of
the Sycamore or plantation OF Indians guilty OF
accessory before. and ii II be denyed, that then
the magistrates OF the Jursdiccon deliver up the
Indians seased to the party or parties lndamaged.
either To serve, or TO he shipped out and ex-
changed for Negroes the cause will justly
beare. - Plymouth Records. * IL.
The Commissioners themselves were not blind
to the severity of this proceeding, although they
alleged that it was lust.
There are here two features of historical i'm
portance which the reader will not fail to notice,
viz: the export for trade of Indians for negroes,
and the measure of Justice" in those days be
tween the colonists and the natives
IL may be observed that in these notes we have
not drawn the lines between the Plymouth Colo
nv and that of Massachusetts Bay In this con
lltttlOD llt1 llltN justly ut ~ 'hC, III
deed they cannot be separated, for in these and
similar proceedings. to quote significant pro-
verb Of that day. The Plymouth saddle was al
WAYS on the Bay horse"
La 1858. June %. certain persons were pun
ished bv fines by the county courts at 5 item and
Ipswich, for attending Quaker meeting and
otherwise 'syding with the Quakers and ahsenting
themselves from the publick ordinances. Among
them were two children. Daniel and Provided
-. nd d4uuhtar IN I.av
Southwick. who were fined ten pounds. but their
fines not being paid. and the parties tas is stated
in the proceedings) pretending they have no es-
tates resolving not to wOrke, and Others likewise
have been fyned and more like to he fyned
the General Court were called upon in the follow
ing year. Nay IL. 1863, to decide what course
should be taken for the satisfaction of the fines.
This they did after due delibcration. by re-
solution empowering the County Treasures to
sell the said persons to any of the English nation
at Virguii or BlrbidOes-in accordance with
their law for the sale of poor and delinquent
debtors To accomplish this, they wrested their
own law from its just application. foe the special
law concerning fines did not permit them to go
beyond imprisonment for non-payment. Mass.
Laws, 1878. 81: Felt's Salem. III. 5Sl; Mass
Records, ". j. 366; Mass Ltws. 1873, D. 6;
Bishops n Judged, So; Haz,rd, III. 500
The father and mother of these children, who
had before suffered in their estates and persons,
we're at the same time banished on pain of death
and took refuge on Shelter Island, where they
shortly afterwards died. Mass Records, ", j.,
367; Hazard. III. 564; Bishop. 81. The Treas
urer, on attempting to find passage for the child
rem to Barbados, IN execution OF the order OF
sale, found "none willing to take or carry them J"
Thus the entire design failed only through the
reluctance of these shpmasters to aid in It's con
summation Bishop. 100; Sewell's History of
the QuAkers, |, 27S.
Provided SDuthwick was subsequently in the
same wear, in company with several other Quaker
ladies' ''whpt with tenn stripei." and afterwards
committed to prison to be proceeded with as the
law directs - Mass Records. ". i. Al.
The indignant Quaker historian. in recountng
these things says. After such a manner We have
done to the Servants of the Lord. and for speak
ing to one another, and for meeting
together, ransackng their Estates breaking open
their Houses, carrying away their Goods and
Cattel, till We have left none. then their wearing
apparel and then Gas in Plymouth government
their Land: and when We have left them nothing
sell them fer this which We call Debt Search
the Records of former Age 60 through the
Histories OF the Generations that are past: read
the Monuments OF the Antients, and see il ever
there were such thing as this since the Firth
was land and the Found tions thereof in the
Water, and out of the Water. q We
Rulers of Boston. We Inhabitants OF the MaSsa
chusettS, What shall / say unto your Where
unto shall liken We? Indeed am alta stand.
| have no y ,tion with YOU to comptre have no
people with YOU 20 parallel. | am ut loss with
YOU in this point: ! must saw OF you. As Bflasm
said of Amaek when his eyes open. Boston,
the first of the Nations that ime out thus TO
war against. TO stop Israel in their way 10 Canaan
from Egypt"-I Bishops y f Judged. 90.
AT the time OF King Philips war, the policy
and practice of the Colony OF NJ ,sSachusetrs.
with regard to slavery. Ia been already long
settled upon the basis OF positive war. Accord
ngy the numerous ''captiv IS taken in war were
disposed of in the usual way The notes which
follow are mainly from the official records of the
colony, and will be sufficient TO show the geu-
erai current OF public opinion and action at that
/ period
/ In August 1915 the Council at Plymouth or
dered the sale of 4 company of Indians. being
men, weomen and children, in number one hund
red and twelve" with few exceptions The
treasurer ma lie the sale "on the countryes be
halle - Plymouth Records. V. l73.
4 little later the Council made a similar dis
+ position of fifty seven more (lndisns) who had
/ come in a similar way" These were condemned
/ to perpetual servitude, and the treasurer was or
dered and appointed Ito make sale OF them, 70
/ and for the use of the cOllonie as opportunity
/ may present "-lIb Ia
i The accounts Of the Colony of Massachusetts,
+ Tor receipts and expenditures during 1.-The late
war''-as stated from among the credits of the
I following.
/ By the following accounts received in
I -1fv viz