strued to
prevent any Person who shall remove into the State, to take a settled
Residence here, from bringing all his or her Slaves without incurring
the Penalties aforesaid, excepting such Slaves as shall have been
brought from Africa since the Year first above mentioned, or to prevent
any Foreigners or others having only a temporary Residence in this
State, for the Purpose of transacting any particular Business, or on
their Travels, from bringing and employing such Slaves as Servants,
during the Time of his or her Stay here, provided such Slaves shall not
be sold or disposed of in this State." _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 Act to take effect next Feb. 1; repealed by Act of 1790, ch. 18.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.~

"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