AS A COLONY AND AS A STATE One of the Original Thirteen BY FRANCIS BAZLEY LEE ASSOCIATE BOARD OF EDITORS WILLIAM S. STRYKER, LL.D.: WILLIAM NELSON, A.M. PH. D. Attitude of Continental Europe toward Slavery-A Question of a Commercial Character-Slavery Among the Dutch and Swedes-Lewis Morris and His Bondmen -The Institution Established in New Jersey in 1675— A Supreme Court Opinion-The Instructions to Lord Cornbury-Early Acts regarding Slavery based upon an Economic View-Duties laid on Negroes Imported into East and West Jersey-The Beginnings of Ethical Considerations-John Woolman and the Society of FriendsThe Abolition Influence before the Revolution-A Revolutionary View of the Matter-The Declaration of the Legislature in 1786 concerning Importation of Africans -The General Slave Law of 1798 and its Purpose-The Gradual Abolition Act of 1804-The Effort of Organized Societies-Legislation growing out of the Act of 1804-The New Jersey Constitution of 1844 in its Relation to Slavery The Liberty Party-The Policy of "Travelling' Friends-Colonial Censuses of Slaves-The Number of Bondmen in New Jersey in 1800—The Rapid Decrease in Numbers-New Jersey occupies a Unique Position among the Northern "Free" States-The Government of Slaves before 1702—Stringency of East Jersey Statutes -The Barrier between Whites and Blacks-The Supreme Court Records-Negro Plots-The Question of Manumission-Protection Offered the Slave-The Negroes and their Churches-The Social Position of the Slave. CHAPTER II THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 49-58 The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and What it Attempted to Accomplish-The Position of West Jersey and the |