The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-10

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Warwick and those associated with him. In 1851 another
charter granted by Charles to an organization that
made systematic elaborate preparations for traffic
groes along the Guinea coast AS far Virginia is corr
cerned the number of slaves brought by this company
very small Tor Of eighteen years after this charter
had been secured by this company, the number Of slaves
the colony all told not three hundred thirty years
had passed the slaves were landed in I61o
that in all probability good proportion Of these three huns
dred be attributed to the natural increase Of the popula-
ton Quite numbers however had been introduced by plant
ship who availed themselves Of the principle
Of the head right show that Mr. Richard Benz
the first avail himself Of this head right law, and
took patent the office Of the Registrar at Richmond
for fifty to be allowed him for the OF the
slave angela landed BY the ship Fortune. From this be
ginning for slave into the colony their owners
sought the privilege ndreWard Of the head right In many
instances the patents thus granted into the tho
fands and tens OF thousands of acres.
WILDE seen from this slow Importation Of negroes that
the institutional slavery colony to the last OF the
seventeenth century the whole, rather Insignificant
Even in 1868 nearly half century after
The Importation Of the slaves there only about oo
negroes colony and 1910 before it had risen to
The number Of 1000.
another charter granted to the Royal African
Company that destined become the agency for the
transporting Of number slaves America It
years. however, before the population perceptby
increased period Of discomfort from 1885, which
characterized BY the rebellion under Bacon discour
aging to the Importation Of the slave.
At heend ofthesseventeenth century is estimated that
the entire African population in the colony amounted to only
about six thousand When considers the fact that many
OF these have been natural Increase will be easily
that the Importation of negroes from exceed
ingy slow, and that they squads and at
time large numbers At first they brought to the
colony nvesses sailing under the Dutch flag later New
England merchants became interested in the slave traffic and
perhaps vessels manned BY New Engander larger
number Of African slaves introduced into colonies
After the beginning Of the eighteenth century the n-
portation Of slaves greatly acceerated were dis
rbuted peculiar conditions Of each colony demanded
the conditions Of life the colonies being such
to<requre this particular form Of Many Afi
imported and Employed and by the time of the
Revolution there negro slaves American colo
Ii the southern colonies slaves
instances equaled the entire white populations In Virginia
the that the about equally
divided, being something like population and
$4,000 negro slave population.
There is indication that during all this term years
nnybodys conscience especially disturbed The northern
and New England colonies altogether Of
Quams OF conscience the southern colonies The
truth that the Africans looked upon much chat
be sold and bought fed clted taxed kept
other cattle and beasts When the question Of the
religious standing ofthe African raised the
from many quarters that really were morally