be found in Appendix A:--

1710, Duty Act: proposed duty of L5.
1723, " " prohibitive (?).
1727, " " "
1732, " " 5%.
1736, " " "
1740, " " additional duty of 5%.
1754, " " " " 5%.
1755, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1760).
1757, " " " " 10% (Repealed, 1761).
1759, " " 20% on colonial slaves.
1766, " " additional duty of 10% (Disallowed?).
1769, " " " " " "
1772, " " L5 on colonial slaves.
Petition of Burgesses _vs._ Slave-trade.
1776, Arraignment of the king in the adopted Frame of Government.
1778, Importation prohibited.

[25] _Letters of Governor Spotswood_, in _Va. Hist. Soc.
Coll._, New Ser., I. 52.

[26] Hening, _Statutes at Large of Virginia_, IV. 118, 182.

[27] _Ibid._, IV. 317, 394; V. 28, 160, 318; VI. 217, 353;
VII. 281; VIII. 190, 336, 532.

[28] _Ibid._, V. 92; VI. 417, 419, 461, 466.

[29] _Ibid._, VII. 69, 81.

[30] _Ibid._, VII. 363, 383.

[31] _Ibid._, VIII. 237, 337.

[32] _Miscellaneous Papers, 1672-1865_, in _Va. Hist. Soc.
Coll._, New Ser., VI. 14; Tucker, _Blackstone's Commentaries_,
I. Part II. App., 51.

[33] Hening, _Statutes_, IX. 112.

[34] Importation by sea or by land was prohibited, with a
penalty of L1000 for illegal importation and L500 for buying
or selling. The Negro was freed, if illegally brought in. This
law was revised somewhat in 1785. Cf. Hening, _Statutes_, IX.
471; XII. 182.

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

1695, Duty Act: 10_s._
1704, " " 20_s._
1715, " " "
1717, " " additional duty of 40_s._ (?).
1754, " " " " 10_s._, total 50_s._
1756, " " " " 20_s._ " 40_s._ (?).
1763, " " " " L2 " L4.
1771, " " " " L5 " L9.
1783, Importation prohibited.

[36] _Compleat Coll. Laws of Maryland_ (ed. 1727), p. 191;
Bacon, _Laws of Maryland at Large_, 1728, ch. 8.

[37] Bacon, _Laws_, 1754, ch. 9, 14.

[38] _Ibid._, 1763, ch. 28.

[39] _Laws of Mar