[26] Force, American Archives, 4th Ser., II. 33–4.

[27] Journals of Cong., II. 122.

[28] Clarkson, Impolicy of the Slave-Trade, pp. 125–8.

[29] Ibid., pp. 25–6.

[30] Ibid.

[31] Jefferson, Works (Washington, 1853–4), I. 23–4. On the Declaration as an anti-slavery document, cf. Elliot, Debates (1861), I. 89.

[32] Jefferson, Works (Washington, 1853–4), I. 19.

[33] Clarkson, Impolicy of the Slave-Trade, pp. 25–6; Report, etc., as above.

[34] Witness the many high duty acts on slaves, and the revenue derived therefrom. Massachusetts had sixty distilleries running in 1783. Cf. Sheffield, Observations on American Commerce, p. 267.

[35] Elliot, Debates, I. 72–3. Cf. Art. 8 of the Articles of Confederation.