~
"An Ordinance to impose a Penalty on any person who shall import into
this State any Negroes, contrary to the Instalment Act."
1. "_Be it ordained_, by the honorable the Senate and House of
Representatives, met in General Assembly, and by the authority of the
same, That any person importing or bringing into this State a negro
slave, contrary to the Act to regulate the recovery of debts and
prohibiting the importation of negroes, shall, besides the forfeiture of
such negro or slave, be liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds, to
the use of the State, for every such negro or slave so imported and
brought in, in addition to the forfeiture in and by the said Act
prescribed." Cooper, _Statutes_, VII. 430.
~1787, October. Rhode Island: Importation Prohibited.~
"An act to prevent the slave trade and to encourage the abolition of
slavery." This act prohibited and censured trade under penalty of L100
for each person and L1,000 for each vessel. Bartlett, _Index to the
Printed Acts and Resolves_, p. 333; _Narragansett Historical Register_,
II. 298-9.
* * * * *
APPENDIX B.
A CHRONOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF STATE, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL
LEGISLATION.
1788-1871.
As the State statutes and Congressional reports and bills are
difficult to find, the significant parts of such documents are
printed in full.
Pages:
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375