[16] Cooper, Statutes, III. 556; Grimke, Public Laws, p.
      xxxi, No. 694.  Cf.  Ramsay, History of S. Carolina, I. 110.

 [17] Cooper, Statutes, III. 739.

 [18] The text of this law has not been found.  Cf.  Burge,
      Commentaries on Colonial and Foreign Laws, I. 737, note;
      Stevens, History of Georgia, I. 286.  See instructions of the
      governor of New Hampshire, June 30, 1761, in Gordon, History
      of the American Revolution, I. letter 2.

 [19] Cooper, Statutes, IV. 187.

 [20] This duty avoided the letter of the English instructions
      by making the duty payable by the first purchasers, and not by
      the importers.  Cf.  Cooper, Statutes, IV. 187.

 [21] Grimke, Public Laws, p. lxviii, Nos. 1485, 1486; Cooper,
      Statutes, VII. 430.

 [22] Cf. N.C.  Col.  Rec., IV. 172.

 [23] Martin, Iredell’s Acts of Assembly, I. 413, 492.

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

1710, Duty Act:  proposed duty of L5. 1723, " " prohibitive (?). 1727, " " " 1732, " " 5%. 1736, " " " 1740, " " additional duty of 5%. 1754, " " " " 5%. 1755, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1760). 1757, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1761). 1759, " " 20% on colonial slaves. 1766, " " additional duty of 10% (Disallowed?). 1769, " " " " " " 1772, " " L5 on colonial slaves. 
      Petition of Burgesses vs. Slave-trade.
1776, Arraignment of the king in the adopted Frame of Government. 1778, Importation prohibited.

[25] Letters of Governor Spotswood, in Va.  Hist.  Soc. 
Coll., New Ser., I. 52.

[26] Hening, Statutes at Large of Virginia, IV. 118, 182.

[27] Ibid., IV. 317, 394; V. 28, 160, 318; VI. 217, 353;
VII. 281; VIII. 190, 336, 532.

 [28] Ibid., V. 92; VI. 417, 419, 461, 466.

 [29] Ibid., VII. 69, 81.

 [30] Ibid., VII. 363, 383.

 [31] Ibid., VIII. 237, 337.

 [32] Miscellaneous Papers, 1672-1865, in Va.  Hist.  Soc. 
      Coll., New Ser., VI. 14; Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries,
      I. Part II.  App., 51.

 [33] Hening, Statutes, IX. 112.

 [34] Importation by sea or by land was prohibited, with a
      penalty of L1000 for illegal importation and L500 for buying
      or selling.  The Negro was freed, if illegally brought in.  This
      law was revised somewhat in 1785.  Cf.  Hening, Statutes, IX.
      471; XII. 182.

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