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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

Name: The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America: 1638-1870
Author: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Slave trade -- United States -- History

[39] Arnold, _History of Rhode Island_, II. 304, 321, 337. For
      a probable copy of the bill, see _Narragansett Historical
      Register_, II. 299.

 [40] A man dying intestate left slaves, who became thus the
      property of the city; they were freed, and the town made the
      above resolve, May 17, 1774, in town meeting: Staples, _Annals
      of Providence_ (1843), p. 236.

 [41] _R.I. Col. Rec._, VII. 251-2.

 [42] _Bartlett's Index_, p. 329; Arnold, _History of Rhode
      Island_, II. 444; _R.I. Col. Rec._, VIII. 618.

 [43] _R.I. Col. Rec._, X. 7-8; Arnold, _History of Rhode
      Island_, II. 506.

 [44] _Bartlett's Index_, p. 333; _Narragansett Historical
      Register_, II. 298-9. The number of slaves in Rhode Island has
      been estimated as follows:--

      In 1708,    426. _R.I. Col. Rec._, IV. 59.
       " 1730,  1,648. _R.I. Hist. Tracts_, No. 19, pt. 2, p. 99.
       " 1749,  3,077. Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
                         I. 281.
       " 1756,  4,697. _Ibid._
       " 1774,  3,761. _R.I. Col. Rec._, VII. 253.

 [45] Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 124.

 [46] The number of slaves in Connecticut has been estimated as
      follows:--

      In 1680,     30.  _Conn. Col. Rec._, III. 298.
       " 1730,    700.  Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
                          I. 259.
       " 1756,  3,636.  Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
       " 1762,  4,590.  Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
                          I. 260.
       " 1774,  6,562.  Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
       " 1782,  6,281.  Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
       " 1800,  5,281.  _Ibid._, p. 141.

 [47] _Conn. Col. Rec._, XIV 329. Fowler (pp. 125-6) says that
      the law was passed in 1769, as does Sanford (p. 252). I find
      no proof of this. There was in Connecticut the same Biblical
      legislation on the trade as in Massachusetts. Cf. _Laws of
      Connecticut_ (repr. 1865), p. 9; also _Col. Rec._, I. 77. For
      general duty acts, see _Col. Rec._, V 405; VIII. 22; IX. 283;
      XIII. 72, 125.

 [48] _Acts and Laws of Connecticut_ (ed. 1784), pp. 233-4.

 [49] _Ibid._, pp. 368, 369, 388.

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_Chapter V_

THE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION. 1774-1787.

  23. The Situation in 1774.
  24. The Condition of the Slave-Trade.
  25. The Slave-Trade and the "Association."
  26. The Action of the Colonies.
  27. The Action of the Continental Congress.
  28. Reception of the Slave-Trade Resolution.
  29. Results of the Resolution.
  30. The Slave-Trade and Public Opinion after the War.
  31. The Action of the Confederation.

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