[43] Force, American Archives, 4th Ser., II. 128–9.

[44] Ibid., 5th Ser., I. 1178; Laws of Delaware, 1797 (Newcastle ed.), p. 884, ch. 145 b.

[45] The following is a summary of the legislation of the colony of New Jersey; details will be found in Appendix A:—

1713,Duty Act:£10.
1763 (?),Duty Act.
1769,"£15.
1774,"£5 on Africans, £10 on colonial Negroes.
1786,Importation prohibited.

[46] Leaming and Spicer, Grants, Concessions, etc., p. 398. Probably this did not refer to Negroes at all.

[47] Cf. Vincent, History of Delaware, I. 159, 381.

[48] Laws and Acts of New Jersey, 1703–17 (ed. 1717), p. 43.

[49] N.J. Archives, IV. 196. There was much difficulty in passing the bill: Ibid., XIII. 516–41.

[50] Ibid., IX. 345–6. The exact provisions of the act I have not found.

[51] Ibid., IX. 383, 447, 458. Chiefly because the duty was laid on the importer.