The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America eBook

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The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 426 pages of information about The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America.

FOOTNOTES: 

  [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:  10_s._ on Africans, 20_s._ on other Negroes.
1714, " " additional duty.
1714, " " L2.
1714-15, Duty Act:  additional duty.
1716, " " L3 on Africans, L30 on colonial Negroes.
1717, " " L40 in addition to existing duties.
1719, " " L10 on Africans, L30 on colonial Negroes. 
The Act of 1717, etc., was repealed.
1721, " " L10 on Africans, L50 on colonial Negroes.
1722, " " " " " " "
1740, " " L100 on Africans, L150 on colonial Negroes.
1751, " " L10 " " L50 " "
1760, Act prohibiting importation (Disallowed).
1764, Duty Act:  additional duty of L100.
1783, " " L3 on Africans, L20 on colonial Negroes.
1784, " " " " L5 " "
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.

 [10] Cooper, Statutes at Large of S. Carolina, II. 153.

 [11] The text of the first act is not extant:  cf.  Cooper,
      Statutes, III. 56.  For the second, see Cooper, VII. 365,
      367.

 [12] Cf.  Grimke, Public Laws of S. Carolina, p. xvi, No.
      362; Cooper, Statutes, II. 649.  Cf. also Governor Johnson
      to the Board of Trade
, Jan. 12, 1719-20; reprinted in Rivers,
      Early History of S. Carolina (1874), App., xii.

 [13] Cooper, Statutes, VII. 368.

 [14] Ibid., III. 56.

 [15] From a memorial signed by the governor, President of the
      Council, and Speaker of the House, dated April 9, 1734,
      printed in Hewatt, Historical Account of S. Carolina and
      Georgia
(1779), II. 39; reprinted in S.C.  Hist.  Coll. (1836),
      I. 305-6.  Cf. N.C.  Col.  Rec., II. 421.

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