28.
[39] _Laws of Maryland since 1763_: 1771, ch. 7. Cf. _Ibid._:
1777, sess. Feb.-Apr., ch. 18.
[40] _Ibid._: 1783, sess. Apr.-June, ch. 23.
[41] "The last importation of slaves into Maryland was, as I
am credibly informed, in the year 1769": William Eddis,
_Letters from America_ (London, 1792), p. 65, note.
The number of slaves in Maryland has been estimated as follows:--
In 1704, 4,475. _Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York_, V. 605.
" 1710, 7,935. _Ibid._
" 1712, 8,330. Scharf, _History of Maryland_, I. 377.
" 1719, 25,000. _Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York_, V. 605.
" 1748, 36,000. McMahon, _History of Maryland_, I. 313.
" 1755, 46,356. _Gentleman's Magazine_, XXXIV. 261.
" 1756, 46,225. McMahon, _History of Maryland_, I. 313.
" 1761, 49,675. Dexter, _Colonial Population_, p. 21, note.
" 1782, 83,362. _Encyclopaedia Britannica_ (9th ed.), XV. 603.
" 1787, 80,000. Dexter, _Colonial Population_, p. 21, note.
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_Chapter III_
THE FARMING COLONIES.
10. Character of these Colonies.
11. The Dutch Slave-Trade.
12. Restrictions in New York.
13. Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
14. Restrictions in New Jersey.
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