[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The Act of 1717, etc., was repealed.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,"£10on Africans,£50on colonial Negroes.
1722,""
1740,"£100on Africans,£150on colonial Negroes.
1751,"£10"£50"
1760,Act prohibiting importation (Disallowed).
1764,Duty Act:additional duty of £100.
1783,"£3on Africans,£20on 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.