1
" Rhode Island, 59 " Sweden, 1
" Baltimore, 4 " Great Britain, 70
" Boston, 1 " France, 3
" Norfolk, 2 202

The consignees of these slave ships were natives of
Charleston 13
Rhode Island 88
Great Britain 91
France 10
----
202

The following slaves were imported:--
By British vessels 19,949
" French " 1,078
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21,027

By American vessels:--
" Charleston merchants 2,006
" Rhode Island " 7,958
" Foreign " 5,717
" other Northern " 930
" " Southern " 1,437 18,048
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Total number of slaves imported, 1804-7 39,075

It is, of course, highly probable that the Custom House
returns were much below the actual figures.

[76] McMaster, _History of the People of the United States_,
III. p. 517.

[77] _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 8 Cong. 2 sess. V. 171;
_Mass. Resolves_, May, 1802, to March, 1806, Vol. II. A.
(State House ed., p. 239).

[78] _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 1 sess. V. 238.

[79] _Ibid._, V. 266.

[80] _Senate Journal_ (repr. 1821), 9 Cong. 1 sess. IV. 76,
77, 79.

[81] _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 8 Cong. 2 sess. V. 171.

[82] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 274.

[83] _Ibid._, pp. 272-4, 323.

[84] _Ibid._, pp. 346-52, 358-75, etc., to 520.

[85] _Ibid._, pp. 374-5.

[86] See House Bill No. 94.

[87] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 466.

[88] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 519-20.

[89] _Ibid._, pp. 21, 52, 75, etc., to 138, 485-515, 1228. See
House Bill No. 168. Cf. _Statutes at Large_, II. 421-2.

[90] A few months later, at the expiration of the period,
trade was quietly reopened. _Annals of Cong._, 11 Cong. 1
sess. pp. 443-6.

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_Chapter VIII_

THE PERIOD OF ATTEMPTED SUPPRESSION. 1807-1825.

55. The Act of 1807.
56. The First Question: How shall illegally imported Africans