1711, Bill to lay further duty, lost in Council.
1716, Duty Act: 5 oz. plate on Africans in colony ships.
10 oz. plate on Africans in other ships.
1728, " " 40_s._ on Africans, L4 on colonial Negroes.
1732, " " 40_s._ on Africans, L4 on colonial Negroes.
1734, " " (?)
1753, " " 40_s._ on Africans, L4 on colonial Negroes.
(This act was annually continued.)
[1777, Vermont Constitution does not recognize slavery.]
1785, Sale of slaves in State prohibited.
[1786, " " in Vermont prohibited.]
1788, " " in State prohibited.
[7] O'Callaghan, _Laws of New Netherland, 1638-74_, pp. 31,
348, etc. The colonists themselves were encouraged to trade,
but the terms were not favorable enough: _Doc. rel. Col. Hist.
New York_, I. 246; _Laws of New Netherland_, pp. 81-2, note,
127. The colonists declared "that they are inclined to a
foreign Trade, and especially to the Coast of _Africa_, ... in
order to fetch thence Slaves": O'Callaghan, _Voyages of the
Slavers_, etc., p. 172.
[8] _Charter to William Penn_, etc. (1879), p. 12. First
published on Long Island in 1664. Possibly Negro slaves were
explicitly excepted. Cf. _Magazine of American History_, XI.
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