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Slavery in Pennsylvania: A Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Conformity with the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1910Turner, Edward Raymond

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Slavery in Pennsylvania: A Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Conformity with the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1910

Name: Slavery in Pennsylvania: A Dissertation Submitted to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University in Conformity with the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 1910
Author: Turner, Edward Raymond

Turner, Edward Raymond

African Americans -- Pennsylvania; Slavery -- Pennsylvania

[29] In a MS. entitled "William Penn's Memorial to the Lords of
       Trade relating to several laws passed in Pensilvania,"
       assigned to the year 1690 in the collection of the Historical
       Society of Pennsylvania, but probably belonging to a later
       period, is the following: "These ... Acts ... to Raise money
       ... to defray publick Exigences in such manner as after a
       Mature delibera[~c]on they thought would not be burthensom
       particularly in the Act for laying a Duty on Negroes" ... MS.
       Pa. Miscellaneous Papers, 1653-1724, p. 24.

  [30] 1700. 20 shillings for negroes over sixteen years of age, 6
       for those under sixteen. No cause given. Apparently (terms
       of the act) _revenue_.--1705-1706. 40 shillings--a draw-back
       of one half if the negro be re-exported within six months.
       Apparently _revenue_.--1710. 40 shillings--excepting those
       imported by immigrants for their own use, and not sold within
       a year. Almost certainly (preamble) _revenue._--1712. 20
       pounds. The causes were a dread of insurrection because of
       the negro uprising in New York, and the Indians' dislike
       of the importation of Indian slaves. Purpose undoubtedly
       _restriction_.--1715. 5 pounds. Apparently (character of
       the provisions) _restriction_ and _revenue_.--1717-1718.
       5 pounds. To continue the preceding. _Restriction_ and
       _revenue_--1720-1721. 5 pounds. To continue the preceding.
       _Revenue_ (preamble) and _restriction_.--1722. 5 pounds.
       To continue provisions of previous acts. _Revenue_ and
       _restriction_.--1725-1726. 5 pounds. _Revenue_ and
       _restriction_.--1729. 2 pounds. Reduction made probably
       because since 1712 none of the laws had been allowed to
       stand for any length of time, and because there had been
       much smuggling. _Revenue_ and _restriction_.--1761. 10
       pounds. No cause given for the increase. _Restriction_
       and _revenue_.--1768. Preceding continued--"of public
       utility." _Restriction_ and _revenue_.--1773. Preceding made
       perpetual--"of great public utility"--but duty raised to 20
       pounds. _Restriction. Cf. Stat. at L._, II, 107, 285, 383,
       433; III, 117, 159, 238, 275; IV, 52, 123; VI, 104; VII, 158;
       VIII, 330.

  [31] See below, chapters IV and V.

  [32] "Man hat besonders in Pensylvanien den Grundsatz angenommen
       ihre Einführung so viel möglich abzuhalten" ... _Achenwall's
       in Göttingen über Nordamerika und über dasige Grosbritannische
       Colonien aus mündlichen Nachrichten des Herrn Dr. Franklins_
       ... _Anmerkungen_, 24, 25. (About 1760).

  [33] _Stat. at L._, X, 67, 68; 1 _Pa. Arch._, I, 306. _Cf._ Mr.
       Woodward's speech, Jan. 19, 1838, _Proceedings and Debates of
       the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to Propose
       Amendments to the Constitution_, etc., X, 16, 17.

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