[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. |