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Coll._ (1836), I. 108 ff.
[10] Cooper, Statutes at Large of S. Carolina, II. 153.
[11] The text of the first act is not extant: cf. Cooper, Statutes, III. 56. For the second, see Cooper, VII. 365, 367.
[12] Cf. Grimk��, Public Laws of S. Carolina, p. xvi, No. 362; Cooper, Statutes, II. 649. Cf. also _Governor Johnson to the Board of Trade_, Jan. 12, 1719-20; reprinted in Rivers, Early History of S. Carolina (1874), App., xii.
[13] Cooper, Statutes, VII. 368.
[14] Ibid., III. 56.
[15] From a memorial signed by the governor, President of the Council, and Speaker of the House, dated April 9, 1734, printed in Hewatt, _Historical Account of S. Carolina and Georgia_ (1779), II. 39; reprinted in S.C. Hist. Coll. (1836), I. 305-6. Cf. N.C. Col. Rec., II. 421.
[16] Cooper, Statutes, III. 556; Grimk��, Public Laws, p. xxxi, No. 694. Cf. Ramsay, History of S. Carolina, I. 110.
[17] Cooper, Statutes, III. 739.
[18] The text of this law has not been found. Cf. Burge, Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws, I. 737, note; Stevens, History of Georgia, I. 286. See instructions of the governor of New Hampshire, June 30, 1761, in Gordon, _History of the American Revolution_, I. letter 2.
[19] Cooper, Statutes, IV. 187.
[20] This duty avoided the letter of the English instructions by making the duty payable by the first purchasers, and not by the importers. Cf. Cooper, Statutes, IV. 187.
[21] Grimk��, Public Laws, p. lxviii, Nos. 1485, 1486; Cooper, Statutes, VII. 430.
[22] Cf. N.C. Col. Rec., IV. 172.
[23] Martin, Iredell's Acts of Assembly, I. 413, 492.
[24] The following is a summary of the legislation of the colony of Virginia; details will be found in Appendix A:--
1710, Duty Act: proposed duty of ��5. 1723, " " prohibitive (?). 1727, " " " 1732, " " 5%. 1736, " " " 1740, " " additional duty of 5%. 1754, " " " " 5%. 1755, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1760). 1757, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1761). 1759, " " 20% on colonial slaves. 1766, " " additional duty of 10% (Disallowed?). 1769, " " " " " " 1772, " " ��5 on colonial slaves. Petition of Burgesses vs. Slave-trade. 1776, Arraignment of the king in the adopted Frame of Government. 1778, Importation prohibited.
[25] Letters of Governor Spotswood, in _Va. Hist. Soc. Coll._, New Ser., I. 52.
[26] Hening, Statutes at Large of Virginia, IV. 118, 182.
[27] Ibid., IV. 317, 394; V. 28, 160, 318; VI. 217, 353; VII. 281; VIII. 190, 336, 532.
[28] Ibid., V. 92; VI. 417, 419, 461, 466.
[29] Ibid., VII. 69, 81.
[30] Ibid., VII. 363, 383.
[31] Ibid., VIII. 237, 337.
[32] Miscellaneous Papers, 1672-1865, in _Va. Hist. Soc. Coll., New Ser., VI. 14; Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries_, I.
Part II. App., 51.
[33] Hening, Statutes, IX. 112.
[34] Importation by sea or by land was prohibited, with a penalty of ��1000 for illegal importation and ��500 for buying or selling. The Negro was freed, if illegally brought in. This law was revised somewhat in 1785. Cf. Hening, Statutes, IX. 471; XII. 182.
[35] The following is a summary of the legislation of the colony of Maryland; details will be found in Appendix A:--
1695, Duty Act: 10s. 1704, " " 20s. 1715, " " " 1717, " " additional duty of 40s. (?). 1754, " " " " 10s., total 50s. 1756, " " " " 20s. " 40s. (?). 1763, " " " " ��2 " ��4. 1771, " " " " ��5 " ��9. 1783, Importation prohibited.
[36] Compleat Coll. Laws of Maryland (ed. 1727), p. 191; Bacon, Laws of Maryland at Large, 1728, ch. 8.
[37] Bacon, Laws, 1754, ch. 9, 14.
[38] Ibid., 1763, ch. 28.
[39] Laws of Maryland since 1763: 1771, ch. 7. Cf. Ibid.: 1777, sess. Feb.-Apr., ch. 18.
[40] Ibid.: 1783, sess. Apr.-June, ch. 23.
[41] "The last importation of slaves into Maryland was, as I am credibly informed, in the year 1769": William Eddis, Letters from America (London, 1792), p. 65, note.
The number of slaves in Maryland has been estimated as follows:--
In 1704, 4,475. Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York, V. 605. " 1710, 7,935. Ibid. " 1712, 8,330. Scharf, History of Maryland, I. 377. " 1719, 25,000. Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York, V. 605. " 1748, 36,000. McMahon, History of Maryland, I. 313. " 1755, 46,356. Gentleman's Magazine, XXXIV. 261. " 1756, 46,225. McMahon, History of Maryland, I. 313. " 1761, 49,675. Dexter, Colonial Population, p. 21, note. " 1782, 83,362. Encyclop?dia Britannica (9th ed.), XV. 603. " 1787, 80,000. Dexter, Colonial Population, p. 21, note.
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Chapter III
THE FARMING COLONIES.
10. Character of these Colonies. 11. The Dutch Slave-Trade. 12. Restrictions in New York. 13. Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware. 14. Restrictions in New Jersey. 15. General Character of these Restrictions.
10. Character of these Colonies. The colonies of this group, occupying the central portion of