Like drawback will
be allowed a purchaser, if any Negro sold die within six weeks after
importation. _Mass. Province Laws, 1705-6_, ch. 10.
~1708, February. Rhode Island: L3 Duty Act.~
No title or text found. Slightly amended by Act of April, 1708;
strengthened by Acts of February, 1712, and July 5, 1715; proceeds
disposed of by Acts of July, 1715, October, 1717, and June, 1729.
_Colonial Records_, IV. 34, 131-5, 138, 143, 191-3, 225, 423-4.
~1709, Sept. 24. New York: L3 Duty Act.~
"An Act for Laying a Duty on the Tonnage of Vessels and Slaves." A duty
of L3 was laid on slaves not imported directly from their native
country. Continued by Act of Oct. 30, 1710. _Acts of Assembly,
1691-1718_, pp. 97, 125, 134; Laws of New York, 1691-1773, p. 83.
~1710, Dec. 28. Pennsylvania: 40s. Duty Act.~
"An impost Act, laying a duty on Negroes, wine, rum and other spirits,
cyder and vessels." Repealed by order in Council Feb. 20, 1713. Carey
and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 82; Bettle, _Notices of Negro Slavery_, in _Penn.
Hist. Soc. Mem._ (1864), I. 415.
~1710. Virginia: L5 Duty Act.~
"Intended to discourage the importation" of slaves. Title and text not
found. Disallowed (?). _Governor Spotswood to the Lords of Trade_, in
_Va. Hist. Soc. Coll._, New Series, I. 52.
~1711, July-Aug. New York: Act of 1709 Strengthened.~
"An Act for the more effectual putting in Execution an Act of General
Assembly, Intituled, An Act for Laying a Duty on the Tonnage of Vessels
and Slaves.
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