How
large this suspected illicit traffic was, it is of course
impossible to say; there is no reason why it may not have
reached many hundreds per year.
[148] Cf. editorial in _Niles's Register_, XXII. 114. Cf. also
the following instances of pardons:--
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON: March 1, 1808, Phillip M. Topham,
convicted for "carrying on an illegal slave-trade" (pardoned
twice). _Pardons and Remissions_, I. 146, 148-9.
PRESIDENT MADISON: July 29, 1809, fifteen vessels arrived at
New Orleans from Cuba, with 666 white persons and 683 negroes.
Every penalty incurred under the Act of 1807 was remitted.
(Note: "Several other pardons of this nature were granted.")
_Ibid._, I. 179.
Nov. 8, 1809, John Hopkins and Lewis Le Roy, convicted for
importing a slave. _Ibid._, I. 184-5.
Feb. 12, 1810, William Sewall, convicted for importing slaves.
_Ibid._, I. 194, 235, 240.
May 5, 1812, William Babbit, convicted for importing slaves.
_Ibid._, I. 248.
PRESIDENT MONROE: June 11, 1822, Thomas Shields, convicted for
bringing slaves into New Orleans. _Ibid._, IV. 15.
Aug. 24, 1822, J.F. Smith, sentenced to five years'
imprisonment and $3000 fine; served twenty-five months and was
then pardoned. _Ibid.
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