nd in
Appendix A:--
1705, Duty Act: (?).
1710, " " 40_s._ (Disallowed).
1712, " " L20 "
1712, " " supplementary to the Act of 1710.
1715, " " L5 (Disallowed).
1718, " "
1720, " " (?).
1722, " " (?).
1725-6, " " L10.
1726, " "
1729, " " L2.
1761, " " L10.
1761, " " (?).
1768, " " re-enactment of the Act of 1761.
1773, " " perpetual additional duty of L10; total, L20.
1775, Bill to prohibit importation vetoed by the governor (Delaware).
1775, Bill to prohibit importation vetoed by the governor.
1778, Back duties on slaves ordered collected.
1780, Act for the gradual abolition of slavery.
1787, Act to prevent the exportation of slaves (Delaware).
1788, Act to prevent the slave-trade.
[20] From fac-simile copy, published at Germantown in 1880.
Cf. Whittier's poem, "Pennsylvania Hall" (_Poetical Works_,
Riverside ed., III. 62); and Proud, _History of Pennsylvania_
(1797), I. 219.
[21] From fac-simile copy, published at Germantown in 1880.
[22] Bettle, _Notices of Negro Slavery_, in _Penn. Hist. Soc.
Mem._ (1864), I. 383.
[23] Cf. Bettle, _Notices of Negro Slavery, passim_.
[24] Janney, _History of the Friends_, III. 315-7.
[25] _Ibid._, III. 317.
[26] Bettle, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem._, I. 395.
[27] _Penn. Col. Rec._ (1852), II. 530; Bettle, in _Penn.
Hist. Soc. Mem._, I. 415.
[28] _Laws of Pennsylvania, collected_, etc., 1714, p. 165;
Bettle, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem._, I. 387.
[29] See preamble of the act.
[30] The Pennsylvanians did not allow their laws to reach
England until long after they were passed: _Penn. Archives_,
I. 161-2; _Col. Rec._, II. 572-3. These acts were disallowed
Feb. 20, 1713. Another duty act was passed in 1712,
supplementary to the Act of 1710 (_Col. Rec._, II. 553). The
contents are unknown.
[31] _Acts and Laws of Pennsylvania_, 1715, p. 270; Chalmers,
_Opinions_, II. 118. Before the disallowance was known, the
act had been continued by the Act of 1718: Carey and Bioren,
_Laws of Pennsylvania, 1700-1802_, I. 118; _Penn. Col. Rec._,
III. 38.
[32] Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 165; _Penn. Col. Rec._, III.
171; Bettle, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem
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