Rice cultivation is introduced into Carolina. Slave importation increases dramatically.
The Royal African Trade Company loses its monopoly and New England colonists enter the slave trade.
Pennsylvania legalizes slavery.
New York passes An Act for Regulating Slaves. Among the prohibitions of this act are meetings of more than three slaves, trading by slaves, and testimony by slaves in court.
Massachusetts requires every master who liberates a slave to pay a bond of 50 pounds or more in case the freedman becomes a public charge.
Connecticut assigns the punishment of whipping to any slaves who disturb the peace or assault whites.
Rhode Island makes it illegal for blacks and Indians to walk at night without passes.