3. _Character of these Colonies_ 15 4. _Restrictions in Georgia_ 15 5. _Restrictions in South Carolina_ 16 6. _Restrictions in North Carolina_ 19 7. _Restrictions in Virginia_ 19 8. _Restrictions in Maryland_ 22 9. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 23 CHAPTER III THE FARMING COLONIES 10. _Character of these Colonies_ 24 11. _The Dutch Slave-Trade_ 24 12. _Restrictions in New York_ 25 13. _Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware_ 28 14. _Restrictions in New Jersey_ 32 15. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 33 CHAPTER IV THE TRADING COLONIES 16. _Character of these Colonies_ 34 17. _New England and the Slave-Trade_ 34 18. _Restrictions in New Hampshire_ 36 19. _Restrictions in Massachusetts_ 37 20. _Restrictions in Rhode Island_ 40 21. _Restrictions in Connecticut_ 43 22. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 44 CHAPTER V THE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION, 1774-1787 23. _The Situation in 1774_ 45 24. _The Condition of the Slave-Trade_ 46 25. _The Slave-Trade and the "Association"_ 47 26. _The Action of the Colonies_ 48 27. _The Action of the Continental Congress_ 49 28. _Reception of the Slave-Trade Resolution_ 51 29. _Results of the Resolution_ 52 30. _The Slave-Trade and Public Opinion after the War_ 53 31. _The Action of the Confederation_ 56 CHAPTER VI THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, 1787 32. _The First Proposition_ 58 33. _The General Debate_ 59 34. _The Special Committee and the "Bargain"_ 62 35. _The Appeal to the Convention_ 64 36. _Settlement by the Convention_ 66 37. _Reception of the Clause by the Nation_ 67 38. _Attitude of the State Conventions_ 70 39. _Acceptance of the Policy_ 72 CHAPTER VII TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE AND ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORT, 1787-1807