" _Acts of the Tenth General
Assembly_ (Tower Collection of Laws).
~1786, Oct. 30. Vermont: External Trade Prohibited.~
"An act to prevent the sale and transportation of Negroes and Molattoes
out of this State." L100 penalty. _Statutes of Vermont_ (ed. 1787), p.
105.
~1786. North Carolina: Prohibitive Duty.~
"An act to impose a duty on all slaves brought into this state by land
or water."
"Whereas the importation of slaves into this state is productive of evil
consequences, and highly impolitic," etc. A prohibitive duty is imposed.
The exact text was not found.
Sec. 6. Slaves introduced from States which have passed emancipation acts
are to be returned in three months; if not, a bond of L50 is to be
forfeited, and a fine of L100 imposed.
Sec. 8. Act to take effect next Feb. 1; repealed by Act of 1790, ch. 18.
Martin, _Iredell's Acts of Assembly_, I. 413, 492.
~1787, Feb. 3. Delaware: Exportation Prohibited.~
"An Act to prevent the exportation of slaves, and for other purposes."
_Laws of Delaware_ (ed. 1797), p. 884, ch. 145 b.
~1787, March 28. South Carolina: Total Prohibition.~
"An Act to regulate the recovery and payment of debts and for
prohibiting the importation of negroes for the time therein mentioned."
Title only given. Grimke, _Public Laws_, p. lxviii, No. 1485.
~1787, March 28. South Carolina: Importation Prohibited.
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