" Cooper, _Statutes_, IV 187.
~1766, November. Virginia: Proposed Duty Act.~
"An act for laying an additional duty upon slaves imported into this
colony."
Sec. 1. " ... from and after the passing of this act there shall be levied
and paid ... for all slaves imported or brought into this colony for
sale, either by land or water from any port or place whatsoever, by the
buyer or purchaser, after the rate of ten per centum on the amount of
each respective purchase over and above the several duties already laid
upon slaves imported or brought into this colony as aforesaid," etc. To
be suspended until the king's consent is given, and then to continue
seven years. The same act was passed again in 1769. Hening, _Statutes_,
VIII. 237, 337.
~1766. Rhode Island: Restrictive Measure (?).~
Title and text not found. Cf. _Digest_ of 1798, under "Slave Trade;"
_Public Laws of Rhode Island_ (revision of 1822), p. 441.
~1768, Feb. 20. Pennsylvania: Re-enactment of Acts of 1761.~
Titles only found. Dallas, _Laws_, I. 490; _Colonial Records_ (1852),
IX. 472, 637, 641.
~1769, Nov. 16. New Jersey: L15 Duty Act.~
"An Act for laying a Duty on the Purchasers of Slaves imported into this
Colony."
"Whereas Duties on the Importation of Negroes in several of the
neighbouring Colonies hath, on Experience, been found beneficial in the
Introduction of sober, industrious Foreigners, to settle under His
Majesty's Allegiance, and the promoting a Spirit of Industry among the
Inhabitants in general: _In order therefore_ to promote the same good
Designs in this Government, and that such as choose to purchase Slaves
may contribute some equitable Proportion of the publick Burdens," etc.
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