Indian Slavery in Colonial Times Within the Present Limits of the United States
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1 Roger Williams was a member of this committee. * Rhode Island Historical Society Publications, i, pp. 236-238; Arnold, History of Rhode Island, i, p. 425. For examples of indentures or bills of sale, and receipts returned to the committee, see Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth, pp. 430-433 ; vol. 01087 of the Town Rec- ords of Providence. See Report of Record Commissioners on Provi- dence Tow'u Records. !30 INDIAN SLAVERY IN COLONIAL TIMES [382 dian captives. These, and all other Indian... prisoners held at the time, were sold into service in the colony for a period of nine years. 1 The Indians thus sentenced did not become actual slaves according to the strictest interpreta- tion of the term, since the persons who acquired them pur- chased only their services for a stated period of time, and not for life. Their condition is better explained by the term " involuntary indenture ". During King Philip's War Connecticut suffered noth- ing on its own soil from hostile Indians. In consequence the number of captive Indians enslaved was small, and only infrequent mention is found of these captives.
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