._, I. 389, note.

[33] Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 214; Bettle, in _Penn. Hist.
Soc. Mem._, I. 388. Possibly there were two acts this year.

[34] _Laws of Pennsylvania_ (ed. 1742), p. 354, ch. 287.
Possibly some change in the currency made this change appear
greater than it was.

[35] Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 371; _Acts of Assembly_ (ed.
1782), p. 149; Dallas, _Laws_, I. 406, ch. 379. This act was
renewed in 1768: Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 451; _Penn. Col.
Rec._, IX. 472, 637, 641.

[36] _Penn. Col. Rec._, VIII. 576.

[37] A large petition called for this bill. Much altercation
ensued with the governor: Dallas, _Laws_, I. 671, ch. 692;
_Penn. Col. Rec._, X. 77; Bettle, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem._,
I. 388-9.

[38] Dallas, _Laws_, I. 782, ch. 810.

[39] _Ibid._, I. 838, ch. 881.

[40] There exist but few estimates of the number of slaves in
this colony:--

In 1721, 2,500-5,000. _Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York_, V. 604.
" 1754, 11,000. Bancroft, _Hist. of United States_ (1883),
II. 391.
" 1760, very few." Burnaby, _Travels through N. Amer._ (2d ed.),
p. 81.
" 1775, 2,000. _Penn. Archives_, IV 597.

[41] Dallas, _Laws_, II. 586.

[42] Cf. _Argonautica Gustaviana_, pp. 21-3; _Del. Hist. Soc.
Papers_, III. 10; _Hazard's Register_, IV. 221, Sec.Sec. 23, 24;
_Hazard's Annals_, p. 372; Armstrong, _Record of Upland
Court_, pp. 29-30, and notes.

[43] Force, _American Archives_, 4th Ser., II. 128-9.

[44] _Ibid._, 5th Ser., I. 1178; _Laws of Delaware, 1797_
(Newcastle ed.), p. 884, ch. 145 b.

[45] The following is a summary of the legislation of the
colony of New Jersey; details will be found in Appendix A:--

1713, Duty Act: L10.
1763 (?), Duty Act.
1769, " " L15.
1774, " " L5 on Africans, L10 on colonial Negroes.
1786, Importation prohibited.

[46] Leaming and Spicer, _Grants, Concessions_, etc., p. 398.
Probably this did not refer to Negroes at all.

[47] Cf. Vincent, _History of Delaware_, I. 159, 381.

[48] _Laws and Acts of New Jersey, 1703-17_ (ed. 1717), p. 43.

[49] _N.J. Archives_, IV. 196. There was much difficulty in
passing the bill: _Ibid._, XIII. 516-41.

[50] _Ibid._, IX. 345-6. The exact provisions of the act I
have not found.