roceedings in the House of Commons," Vol. I. Part I. An import
duty of 10% on all goods, except Negroes, imported from Africa
to England and the colonies was also laid. The proceeds of
these duties went to the Royal African Company.

[8] Cf. Appendix A.

[9] Bandinel, _Account of the Slave Trade_, p. 59. Cf. Bryan
Edwards, _History of the British Colonies in the W. Indies_
(London, 1798), Book VI.

[10] From 1729 to 1788, including compensation to the old
company, Parliament expended L705,255 on African companies. Cf.
_Report_, etc., as above.

[11] Various amendatory statutes were passed: e.g., 24 George
II. ch. 49, 25 George II. ch. 40, 4 George III. ch. 20, 5
George III. ch. 44, 23 George III. ch. 65.

[12] Renatus Enys from Surinam, in 1663: Sainsbury, _Cal.
State Papers, Col. Ser., America and W. Indies, 1661-68_, Sec.
577.

[13] Thomas Lynch from Jamaica, in 1665: Sainsbury, _Cal.
State Papers, Col. Ser., America and W. Indies, 1661-68_, Sec.
934.

[14] Lieutenant-Governor Willoughby of Barbadoes, in 1666:
Sainsbury, _Cal. State Papers, Col. Ser., America and W.
Indies, 1661-68_, Sec. 1281.

[15] Smith, _History of New Jersey_ (1765), p. 254; Sainsbury,
_Cal. State Papers, Col. Ser., America and W. Indies,
1669-74_., Sec.Sec. 367, 398, 812.

[16] _N.C. Col. Rec._, V. 1118. For similar instructions, cf.
_Penn. Archives_, I. 306; _Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York_, VI.
34; Gordon, _History of the American Revolution_, I. letter 2;
_Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll._, 4th Ser. X. 642.

[17] These figures are from the above-mentioned _Report_, Vol.
II. Part IV. Nos. 1, 5. See also Bancroft, _History of the
United States_ (1883), II. 274 ff; Bandinel, _Account of the
Slave Trade_, p. 63; Benezet, _Caution to Great Britain_, etc.,
pp. 39-40, and _Historical Account of Guinea_, ch. xiii.

[18] Compare earlier slave codes in South Carolina, Georgia,
Jamaica, etc.; also cf. Benezet, _Historical Account of
Guinea_, p. 75; _Report_, etc., as above.

[19] Sainsbury, _Cal. State Papers, Col. Ser., America and W.
Indies, 1574-1660_, pp. 229, 271, 295; _1661-68_, Sec.Sec. 61, 412,
826, 1270, 1274, 1788; _1669-74_., Sec.Sec. 508, 1244; Bolzius and
Von Reck, _Journals_ (in Force, _Tracts_, Vol. IV. No. 5, pp.
9, 18); _Proceedings of Gove