Footnotes
[1] Hoare, Memoirs of Granville Sharp (1820), p. 157. For the act of prohibition, see W.B. Stevens, History of Georgia (1847), I. 311.
[2] [B. Martyn], Account of the Progress of Georgia (1741), pp. 9–10.
[3] Cf. Stevens, History of Georgia, I. 290 ff.
[4] Stephens, Account of the Causes, etc., p. 8. Cf. also Journal of Trustees, II. 210; cited by Stevens, History of Georgia, I. 306.
[5] McCall, History of Georgia (1811), I. 206–7.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Pub. Rec. Office, Board of Trade, Vol. X.; cited by C.C. Jones, History of Georgia (1883), I. 422–5.
[8] The following is a summary of the legislation of the colony of South Carolina; details will be found in Appendix A:—
| 1698, | Act to encourage the immigration of white servants. | ||||
| 1703, | Duty Act: | 10s. on Africans, 20s. on other Negroes. | |||
| 1714, | " | additional duty. | |||
| 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| The Act of 1717, etc., was repealed.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. Grimké, 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; Grimké, 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] Grimké, 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, | " | 0s., | 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. | Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), XV. 603. |
| " | 1787, | 80,000. | Dexter, Colonial Population, p. 21, note. |