[Footnote 106: Annals of Congress, 16th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 77.] [Footnote 107: Above Chap. I. Vincent Nolte, p. 189. Am. Col. So. Reports, Vol. I., p. 94. Du Bois, p. 111.] [Footnote 108: Clay's Col. Society Speech, Dec. 17, 1829.] [Footnote 109: William Darby travelled all through the Southwestern part of the country from about 1805 to 1815, and wrote two books: "A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Territory of Alabama", published in 1817, and the Emigrants' Guide, 1818. He visited both Natchez and New Orleans. F. Cumming Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country, 1807 to 1809. John Bradbury: Travels in the Interior of America in the years 1809-10-11, including a description of Upper Louisiana, together with the Illinois and Western Territories. Christian Scutz: Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and through the territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Orleans in the years 1807, 1808. Vincent Nolte: Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres. And others.] [Footnote 110: Niles' Reg., Vol. XIII., p. 119, Oct. 18, 1817.] [Footnote 111: (Paulding): Letters from the South, pp. 122, 128.] [Footnote 112: Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Vol. VI., p. 473.] [Footnote 113: Birkbeck: Notes on a Journey from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois, p. 25. Palmer: Journal of Travels in the United States, p. 142. Francis Hall, Travels in Canada and the United States, p. 358.] [Footnote 114: Fearon: Sketches of America, p. 268.] [Footnote 115: Facts Respecting Slavery, p. 2 in (Yale) Slavery Pamphlet, Vol. LXI.] [Footnote 116: Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia, p. 139. Note.--From 1810 to 1820 slaves increased in Georgia about 44,000, or 43 per cent. The illicit foreign traffic to this State was great during part of this time. Torrey says in 1817, that it was common for masters in Maryland, Delaware and District of Columbia to endeavor to reform bad slaves by threatening to sell them to Georgia. Torrey: Portraiture of Slavery in United States, p. 37.] [Footnote 117: Census 1870, Vol. Pop. and Statistics, p. 7.] [Footnote 118: Ibid., p. 4.] [Footnote 119: Ibid., pp. 4, 6, 7.] [Footnote 120: Monette: History of Mississippi Valley, Vol. II., p. 515.] [Footnote 121: Census 1870. Pop. and Social Statistics, pp. 4, 6, 7.] [Footnote 122: In 1810 there were in Louisiana 34,660 slaves and 7,585 free colored (census reports); according to Monette (Vol. II., p. 515) in 1815 there were about 45,000 blacks. It is reasonable to suppose that at least 8,500 of these must have been free negroes as there were 10,476 free negroes in Louisiana in 1820. (Census reports.)] [Footnote 123: Monette: Vol. IV., pp. 281, 433, 444, 445. Evans: A Pedestrious Tour, p. 173. Niles' Reg., Vol. XIII., pp. 40, 119. Sept. 13, Oct. 18, 1817.]