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[42]
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Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America,
Wilson, Vol. I, p. 106.
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[43]
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The Confederate Cause and Conduct in the War Between
the States, McGuire and Christian, p. 17.
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[44]
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Suppression of Slave Trade, DuBois, p. 137.
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[45]
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Letters and Times of the Tylers, Tyler, Vol. II,
p. 219.
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[46]
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American Slave Trade, Spear, p. 81.
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[47]
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Writings of Jefferson, Ford, Vol. I, p. 440.
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VII
Some Virginia Statutes with Respect to Slavery
Having by her act of 1778, prohibiting the importation of slaves, provided against any increase in their number from without, Virginia at the close of the Revolution proceeded to legislate with respect to those already in her midst, permitting and encouraging their gradual emancipation.