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1714, " " 2.
1714-15, Duty Act: additional duty.
1716, " " 3 on Africans, 30 on colonial Negroes.
1717, " " 40 in addition to existing duties.
1719, " " 10 on Africans, 30 on colonial Negroes.
The Act of 1717, etc., was repealed.
1721, " " 10 on Africans, 50 on colonial Negroes.
1722, " " " " " " "
1740, " " 100 on Africans, 150 on colonial Negroes.
1751, " " 10 " " 50 " "
1760, Act prohibiting importation (Disallowed).
1764, Duty Act: additional duty of 100.
1783, " " 3 on Africans, 20 on colonial Negroes.
1784, " " " " 5 " "
1787, Art and Ordinance prohibiting importation.
[9] Cf. Hewatt, _Historical Account of S. Carolina and Georgia_ (1779), I. 120 ff.; reprinted in _S.C. Hist. 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. Grimke, _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; Grimke, _Public Laws_, p.
x.x.xi, 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 Hamps.h.i.+re, 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] Grimke, 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 a.s.sembly_, 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.
Pet.i.tion 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: 10_s._ 1704, " " 20_s._ 1715, " " "
1717, " " additional duty of 40_s._ (?).
1754, " " " " 10_s._, total 50_s._ 1756, " " " " 20_s._ " 40_s._ (?).
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.
