LOCAL LAW

IN

MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT,

HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED;

AND

THE HISTORICAL STATUS OF THE NEGRO,

IN CONNECTICUT;

ALSO,

A SPEECH

DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF CONNECTICUT

JUNE 22, 1864,

BY

WILLIAM CHAUNCEY FOWLER, LL.D.

IN

MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT,

HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED.

BY

WILLIAM CHAUNCEY FOWLER, LL.D.

PREPARED FROM THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, WITH ADDITIONS.

CALBANY:

JOEL MUNSELL.