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There is a person, described as Indian, who was in Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay in 1634. He was enslaved by Clemt Briggs.

Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Volume 1

  • Council Order
  • October 6, 1634

[132] Clemt Briggs is ffined xs for intertaineing an Indean without leaue, & is enioyned forthwith to discharge himselfe of him./

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Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Volume 1 (Vol. 1). (1853). William White; University of Massachusetts Amherst. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924026109789 [Stolen Relations project at Brown University.]

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