▁American ▁goods ▁as ▁they ▁either ▁have ▁taken ▁or ▁here after ▁shall ▁take ." ▁ ▁By ▁this ▁order , ▁the ▁assembly ▁had ▁made ▁a ▁public ▁decision ▁to ▁ens lave ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁to ▁follow , ▁other ▁laws ▁resulted ▁in ▁Native ▁Americans ▁being ▁grouped ▁with ▁other ▁non - Christ ian ▁servants ▁who ▁had ▁imported ▁to ▁the ▁colon ies ▁( N eg ro ▁slaves ) ▁as ▁slaves ▁for ▁life . ▁ ▁Pur itan ▁New ▁England , ▁Virginia , ▁Spanish ▁Florida , ▁and ▁the ▁Carolina ▁colon ies ▁engaged ▁in ▁large - scale ▁ens lav ement ▁of ▁Native ▁Americans , ▁often ▁through ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁Indian ▁pro x ies ▁to ▁w age ▁war ▁and ▁ac quire ▁the ▁slaves . ▁In ▁New ▁England , ▁slave ▁ra iding ▁accompanied ▁the ▁P equ ot ▁War ▁and ▁King ▁Philip ' s ▁War ▁but ▁decl ined ▁after ▁the ▁latter ▁war ▁ended ▁in ▁ 1 6 7 6 . ▁Ens la ved ▁Native ▁Americans ▁were ▁in ▁Jam est own ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁settlement , ▁but ▁large - scale ▁co operation ▁between ▁English ▁sla vers ▁and ▁the ▁West ▁and ▁Occ ane e chi ▁pe op les , ▁whom ▁they ▁armed ▁with ▁guns , ▁did ▁not ▁begin ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 6 4 0 s . ▁These ▁groups ▁conducted ▁ens la ving ▁ra ids ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Georgia , ▁Tennessee , ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁Florida , ▁and ▁possibly ▁Alabama . ▁The ▁Carolina ▁slave ▁trade , ▁which ▁included ▁both ▁trad ing ▁and ▁direct ▁ra ids ▁by