[17] Force, _American Archives_, 4th Ser., I. 1033, 1136,
1160, 1163; II. 279-281, 1544; _Journals of Cong._, May 13,
15, 17, 1775.
[18] Force, _American Archives_, 4th Ser., I. 1136.
[19] _Ibid._, II. 279-81.
[20] _Ibid._, I. 1160.
[21] Force, _American Archives_, 4th Ser., I. 1163.
[22] _Journals of Cong._, May 13, 15, 1775.
[23] _Ibid._, May 17, 1775.
[24] Force, _American Archives_, 4th Ser., II. 1545.
[25] Drayton, _Memoirs of the American Revolution_, I. 182.
Cf. pp. 181-7; Ramsay, _History of S. Carolina_, I. 231.
[26] Force, _American Archives_, 4th Ser., II. 33-4.
[27] _Journals of Cong._, II. 122.
[28] Clarkson, _Impolicy of the Slave-Trade_, pp. 125-8.
[29] _Ibid._, pp. 25-6.
[30] _Ibid._
[31] Jefferson, _Works_ (Washington, 1853-4), I. 23-4. On the
Declaration as an anti-slavery document, cf. Elliot, _Debates_
(1861), I. 89.
[32] Jefferson, _Works_ (Washington, 1853-4), I. 19.
[33] Clarkson, _Impolicy of the Slave-Trade_, pp. 25-6;
_Report_, etc., as above.
[34] Witness the many high duty acts on slaves, and the
revenue derived therefrom. Massachusetts had sixty
distilleries running in 1783. Cf. Sheffield, _Observations on
American Commerce_, p. 267.
[35] Elliot, _Debates_, I. 72-3. Cf. Art. 8 of the Articles of
Confederation.
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