FOOTNOTES:
[1] Hoare, Memoirs of Granville Sharp
(1820), p. 157. For
the act of prohibition,
see W.B. Stevens, History of Georgia
(1847), I. 311.
[2] [B. Martyn, Account of the
Progress of Georgia (1741),
pp. 9-10.]
[3] Cf. Stevens, History of Georgia, I. 290 ff.
[4] Stephens, Account of the Causes,
etc., p. 8. Cf. also
Journal of
Trustees, II. 210; cited by Stevens, History
of
Georgia, I.
306.
[5] McCall, History of Georgia (1811), I. 206-7.
[6] Ibid.
[7] Pub. Rec. Office, Board
of Trade, Vol. X.; cited by C.C.
Jones, History
of Georgia (1883), I. 422-5.
[8] The following is a summary of the
legislation of the
colony of South
Carolina; details will be found in Appendix
A:—
1698, Act to encourage the immigration
of white servants.
1703, Duty Act: 10_s._ on Africans, 20_s._
on other Negroes.
1714, " " additional duty.
1714, " " L2.
1714-15, Duty Act: additional duty.
1716, " " L3 on Africans, L30 on colonial
Negroes.
1717, " " L40 in addition to existing
duties.
1719, " " L10 on Africans, L30 on
colonial Negroes.
The Act of 1717, etc.,
was repealed.
1721, " " L10 on Africans, L50 on
colonial Negroes.
1722, " " " " "
" "
1740, " " L100 on Africans, L150 on
colonial Negroes.
1751, " " L10 " " L50
" "
1760, Act prohibiting importation (Disallowed).
1764, Duty Act: additional duty of L100.
1783, " " L3 on Africans, L20 on colonial
Negroes.
1784, " " " " L5
" "
1787, Art and Ordinance prohibiting importation.
[9] Cf. Hewatt, Historical Account
of S. Carolina and
Georgia (1779),
I. 120 ff.; reprinted in S.C. Hist. Coll.
(1836), I. 108
ff.
[10] Cooper, Statutes at Large of S. Carolina, II. 153.
[11] The text of the first act is not extant:
cf. Cooper,
Statutes,
III. 56. For the second, see Cooper, VII. 365,
367.
[12] Cf. Grimke, Public Laws of S. Carolina,
p. xvi, No.
362; Cooper, Statutes,
II. 649. Cf. also Governor Johnson
to the Board of
Trade, Jan. 12, 1719-20; reprinted in Rivers,
Early History
of S. Carolina (1874), App., xii.
[13] Cooper, Statutes, VII. 368.
[14] Ibid., III. 56.
[15] From a memorial signed by the governor,
President of the
Council, and Speaker
of the House, dated April 9, 1734,
printed in Hewatt,
Historical Account of S. Carolina and
Georgia (1779),
II. 39; reprinted in S.C. Hist. Coll. (1836),
I. 305-6.
Cf. N.C. Col. Rec., II. 421.