Sec. 6. Slaves introduced from States which have passed emancipation acts are to be returned in three months; if not, a bond of L50 is to be forfeited, and a fine of L100 imposed. Sec. 8. Act to take effect next Feb. 1; repealed by Act of 1790, ch. 18. Martin, _Iredell's Acts of Assembly_, I. 413, 492. ~1787, Feb. 3. Delaware: Exportation Prohibited.~ "An Act to prevent the exportation of slaves, and for other purposes." _Laws of Delaware_ (ed. 1797), p. 884, ch. 145 b. ~1787, March 28. South Carolina: Total Prohibition.~ "An Act to regulate the recovery and payment of debts and for prohibiting the importation of negroes for the time therein mentioned." Title only given. Grimke, _Public Laws_, p. lxviii, No. 1485. ~1787, March 28. South Carolina: Importation Prohibited.~ "An Ordinance to impose a Penalty on any person who shall import into this State any Negroes, contrary to the Instalment Act." 1. "_Be it ordained_, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, met in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That any person importing or bringing into this State a negro slave, contrary to the Act to regulate the recovery of debts and prohibiting the importation of negroes, shall, besides the forfeiture of such negro or slave, be liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds, to the use of the State, for every such negro or slave so imported and brought in, in addition to the forfeiture in and by the said Act prescribed." Cooper, _Statutes_, VII. 430. ~1787, October. Rhode Island: Importation Prohibited.~ "An act to prevent the slave trade and to encourage the abolition of slavery." This act prohibited and censured trade under penalty of L100 for each person and L1,000 for each vessel. Bartlett, _Index to the Printed Acts and Resolves_, p. 333; _Narragansett Historical Register_, II. 298-9. * * * * * APPENDIX B. A CHRONOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION. 1788-1871. As the State statutes and Congressional reports and bills are difficult to find, the significant parts of such documents are printed in full. In the case of national statutes and treaties, the texts may easily be found through the references. ~1788, Feb. 22. New York: Slave-Trade Prohibited.~ "An Act concerning slaves." "Whereas in consequence of the act directing a revision of the laws of this State, it is expedient that the several existing laws relative to slaves, should be revised, and comprized in one. Therefore, _Be it enacted_," etc.