[471] Ibid., p. 30.

[472] The American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia), August 20, 1720.

[473] The Pennsylvania Gazette, June 1, 1749.

[474] Statutes at Large, IV, p. 62.

[475] Turner, The Negro in Pennsylvania, p. 31.

[476] Branagan, Serious Remonstrances, pp. 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 102; Somerset Whig, March 12, 1818, and Union Times, August 15, 1834.

[477] Journal of Senate, 1820-1821, p. 213; and American Daily Advertiser, January 23, 1821.

[478] Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1838, X, p. 230.

[479] The Spirit of the Times, October 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, 1849.

[480] Harriet Martineau, Views of Slavery and Emancipation, p. 10.