" _Statutes at Large_, I. 549. For proceedings in Congress,
see _Annals of Cong._, 5 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 532,
533, 1235, 1249, 1277-84, 1296, 1298-1312, 1313, 1318.
~1798, May 30. Georgia: Constitutional Prohibition.~
Constitution of Georgia:--
Art. IV Sec. 11. "There shall be no future importation of slaves into this
state from Africa, or any foreign place, after the first day of October
next. The legislature shall have no power to pass laws for the
emancipation of slaves, without the consent of each of their respective
owners previous to such emancipation. They shall have no power to
prevent emigrants, from either of the United States to this state, from
bringing with them such persons as may be deemed slaves, by the laws of
any one of the United States." Marbury and Crawford, _Digest_, p. 30.
~1800, May 10. United States Statute: Americans Forbidden to Trade from
one Foreign Country to Another.~
"An Act in addition to the act intituled 'An act to prohibit the
carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any foreign place
or country.'" _Statutes at Large_, II. 70. For proceedings in Congress,
see _Senate Journal_ (repr. 1821), 6 Cong. 1 sess. III. 72, 77, 88, 92.
~1800, Dec. 20. South Carolina: Slaves and Free Negroes Prohibited.~
"An Act to prevent Negro Slaves and other persons of Colour, from being
brought into or entering this State.
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