Slavery And Servitude in the Colony of North Carolina
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From 1715 until 1735 we get only occasional information in the letters of the few missionaries in the colony. From these we see the total number of persons that were baptized. The pro portion that were slaves is very small, but from 1735 it be gins to grow slowly. In that year Mr. Marsden reports that during his stay at Cape Fear he has baptized "about 1300 men, women and children, besides some negro slaves. " In 1742 another missionary writes that in New Hanover County, where there were 1000 w...hites and 2000 slaves, he had baptized 307 of the former and 9 of the latter. 4 From this time information is abundant. A continued comparison of the reports shows a steady increase in the baptized slaves. 5 The improvement in the social conditions that came with a denser settlement and a wealthier community made for the advantage of the slave. The reports of the colonial clergy now show proportions something like the following: In a parish where there were very many slaves, 124 white and 40 1 Col.
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