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.
23. ~The Situation in 1774.~ In the individual efforts of the various
colonies to suppress the African slave-trade there may be traced certain
general movements. First, from 1638 to 1664, there was a tendency to
take a high moral stand against the traffic. This is illustrated in the
laws of New England, in the plans for the settlement of Delaware and,
later, that of Georgia, and in the protest of the German Friends.
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