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 The Act of 1717, etc., was repealed. 1721, " " L10 on Africans, L50 on colonial Negroes. 1722, " " " " " " " 1740, " " L100 on Africans, L150 on colonial Negroes. 1751, " " L10 " " L50 " " 1760,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. [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.