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.

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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. In the case of national statutes and treaties,
the texts may easily be found through the references.

~1788, Feb. 22. New York: Slave-Trade Prohibited.~

"An Act concerning slaves."

"Whereas in consequence of the act directing a revision of the laws of
this State, it is expedient that the several existing laws relative to
slaves, should be revised, and comprized in one. Therefore, _Be it
enacted_," etc.

"And to prevent the further importation of slaves into this State, _Be
it further enacted by the authority aforesaid_, That if any person shall
sell as a slave within this State any negro, or other person, who has
been imported or brought into this State, after" June 1, 1785, "such
seller, or his or her factor or agent, making such sale, shall be deemed
guilty of a public offence, and shall for every such offence, forfeit
the sum of one hundred pounds.... _And further_, That every person so
imported ... shall be free." The purchase of slaves for removal to
another State is prohibited under penalty of L100. _Laws of New York,
1785-88_ (ed. 1886), pp. 675-6.

~1788, March 25. Massachusetts: Slave-Trade Prohibited.~

"An Act to prevent the Slave-Trade, and for granting Relief to the
Families of such unhappy Persons as may be kidnapped or decoyed away
from this Commonwealth."

"Whereas by the African trade for slaves, the lives and liberties of
many innocent persons have been from time to time sacrificed to the lust
of gain: And whereas some persons residing in this Commonwealth may be
so regardless of