[35] Carey and Bioren, Laws, I. 371; Acts of Assembly (ed.
      1782), p. 149; Dallas, Laws, I. 406, ch. 379.  This act was
      renewed in 1768:  Carey and Bioren, Laws, I. 451; Penn.  Col. 
      Rec., IX. 472, 637, 641.

 [36] Penn.  Col.  Rec., VIII. 576.

 [37] A large petition called for this bill.  Much altercation
      ensued with the governor:  Dallas, Laws, I. 671, ch. 692;
      Penn.  Col.  Rec., X. 77; Bettle, in Penn.  Hist.  Soc.  Mem.,
      I. 388-9.

[38] Dallas, Laws, I. 782, ch. 810.

[39] Ibid., I. 838, ch. 881.

[40] There exist but few estimates of the number of slaves in
this colony:—­

In 1721, 2,500-5,000. Doc. rel.  Col.  Hist.  New York, V. 604.
" 1754, 11,000.  Bancroft, Hist. of United States (1883),
II. 391.
" 1760, very few.”  Burnaby, Travels through N. Amer. (2d ed.),
p. 81.
" 1775, 2,000. Penn.  Archives, IV 597.

[41] Dallas, Laws, II. 586.

[42] Cf. Argonautica Gustaviana, pp. 21-3; Del.  Hist.  Soc. 
Papers, III. 10; Hazard’s Register, IV. 221, Sec.Sec. 23, 24;
Hazard’s Annals, p. 372; Armstrong, Record of Upland
Court, pp. 29-30, and notes.

[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:  L10. 1763 (?), Duty Act. 1769, " " L15. 1774, " " L5 on Africans, L10 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.

[52] Allinson, Acts of Assembly, pp. 315-6.

[53] N.J.  Archives, VI. 222.

[54] Acts of the 10th General Assembly, May 2, 1786.  There
are two estimates of the number of slaves in this colony:—­

In 1738, 3,981. American Annals, II. 127.
" 1754, 4,606. " " II. 143.

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