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Sec. 1. " ... six months after the passing of this act, it shall be
unlawful for any person or persons to import into this state, from
Africa or elsewhere, any negro or negroes of any age or sex." Every
person so offending shall forfeit for the first offence the sum of
$1,000 for every negro so imported, and for every subsequent offence the
sum of $1,000, one half for the use of the informer, and one half for
the use of the State.
Sec. 2. Slaves not to be brought from other States for sale after three
months.
Sec. 3. Persons convicted of bringing slaves into this State with a view to
sell them, are subject to the same penalties as if they had sold them.
Marbury and Crawford, _Digest_, p. 440.
~1798, March 14. New Jersey: Slave-Trade Prohibited.~
"An Act respecting slaves."
Sec. 12. "_And be it enacted_, That from and after the passing of this act,
it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whatsoever, to bring
into this state, either for sale or for servitude, any negro or other
slave whatsoever." Penalty, $140 for each slave; travellers and
temporary residents excepted.
Sec. 17. Any persons fitting out vessels for the slave-trade shall forfeit
them. Paterson, _Digest_, p. 307.
~1798, April 7. United States Statute: Importation into Mississippi
Territory Prohibited.~
"An Act for an amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia,
and authorizing the establishment of a government in the Mississippi
territory.
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