<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Slavery already existed in the Massachusetts Bay area prior to John Winthrop's arrival, since Samuel Maverick arrived in the area with slaves in 1624 . In the aftermath of the Pequot War, many of the captured Pequots warriors were shipped to the West Indies as slaves . Winthrop kept one male and two female Pequots as slaves . </P> <P> In 1641, the Massachusetts Body of Liberties was enacted, codifying rules about slavery, among many other things . Winthrop was a member of the committee which drafted the code, but his exact role is not known because records of the committee have not survived . C.S. Manegold claims that Winthrop was opposed to the Body of Liberties because he favored a common law approach to legislation, yet the fact remains that he was one of the men who drafted the legislation . </P>

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