The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America: 1638-1870Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
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The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America: 1638-1870
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Slave trade -- United States -- History
"An Act to oblige the persons bringing slaves into this colony from
Maryland, Carolina, and the West-Indies, for their own use, to pay a
duty."
Sec. 1. " ... from and after the passing of this act, there shall be paid
... for all slaves imported or brought into this colony and dominion
from Maryland, North-Carolina, or any other place in America, by the
owner or importer thereof, after the rate of twenty per centum on the
amount of each respective purchase," etc. This act to continue until
April 20, 1767; continued in 1766 and 1769, until 1773; altered by Act
of 1772, _q.v. Ibid._, VII. 338; VIII. 191, 336.
~1760. South Carolina: Total Prohibition.~
Text not found; act disallowed by Great Britain. Cf. Burge,
_Commentaries_, I. 737, note; W.B. Stevens, _History of Georgia_, I.
286.
~1761, March 14. Pennsylvania: L10 Duty Act.~
"An Act for laying a duty on Negroes and Mulattoe slaves, imported into
this province." Continued in 1768; repealed (or disallowed) in 1780.
Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 371, 451; _Acts of Assembly_ (ed. 1782), p.
149; _Colonial Records_ (1852), VIII. 576.
~1761, April 22. Pennsylvania: Prohibitive Duty Act.~
"A Supplement to an act, entituled An Act for laying a duty on Negroes
and Mulattoe slaves, imported into this province." Continued in 1768.
Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 371, 451; Bettle, _Notices of Negro
Slavery_, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem._ (1864), I. 388-9.
~1763, Nov. 26. Maryland: Additional L2 Duty Act.~
"An Act for imposing an additional Duty of Two Pounds per Poll on all
Negroes Imported into this Province."
Sec. 1. All persons importing Negroes by land or water into this province,
shall at the time of entry pay to the naval officer the sum of two
pounds, current money, over and above the duties now payable by law, for
every Negro so imported or brought in, on forfeiture of L10 current
money for every Negro so brought in and not paid for. One half of the
penalty is to go to the informer, the other half to the use of the
county schools. The duty shall be collected, accounted for, and paid by
the naval officers, in the same manner as former duties on Negroes.
Sec. 2. But persons removing from any other of his Majesty's dominions in
order to settle and reside within this province, may import their slaves
for carrying on their proper occupations at the time of removal, duty
free.
Sec. 3. Importers of Negroes, exporting the same within two months of the
time of their importation, on application to the naval officer shall be
paid the aforesaid duty. Bacon, _Laws_, 1763, ch. xxviii.
~1763 (circa). New Jersey: Prohibitive Duty Act.~
"An Act for laying a duty on Negroes and Mulatto Slaves Imported into
this Province." Disallowed (?) by Great Britain. _N.J. Archives_, IX.
345-6, 383, 447, 458.
~1764, Aug. 25. South Carolina: Additional L100 Duty Act.~
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