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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

"The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870"

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.
[24] The following is a summary of the legislation of the
colony of Virginia; details will be found in Appendix A:--
1710, Duty Act: proposed duty of L5.
1723, " " prohibitive (?).
1727, " " "
1732, " " 5%.
1736, " " "
1740, " " additional duty of 5%.
1754, " " " " 5%.
1755, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1760).
1757, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1761).
1759, " " 20% on colonial slaves.
1766, " " additional duty of 10% (Disallowed?).
1769, " " " " " "
1772, " " L5 on colonial slaves.
Petition of Burgesses _vs._ Slave-trade.
1776, Arraignment of the king in the adopted Frame of Government.
1778, Importation prohibited.
[25] _Letters of Governor Spotswood_, in _Va. Hist. Soc.
Coll._, New Ser., I. 52.
[26] Hening, _Statutes at Large of Virginia_, IV. 118, 182.
[27] _Ibid._, IV. 317, 394; V. 28, 160, 318; VI. 217, 353;
VII. 281; VIII. 190, 336, 532.
[28] _Ibid._, V. 92; VI.


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