“Whereas, it is deemed inexpedient to increase the number of slaves within this State, in our present circumstances and situation;

Sec. 1. “Be it therefore enacted ..., That no slave shall be imported into this State from Africa, the West India Islands, or other place beyond sea, for and during the term of two years, commencing from the first day of January next, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three.”

Sec. 2.  No slaves, Negroes, Indians, etc., bound for a term of years, to be brought in from any of the United States or bordering countries.  Settlers may bring their slaves.  Cooper, Statutes, VII. 431.

1793, Dec. 19.  Georgia:  Importation Prohibited.

“An act to prevent the importation of negroes into this state from the places herein mentioned.”  Title only.  Re-enacted (?) by the Constitution of 1798.  Marbury and Crawford, Digest, p. 442; Prince, Digest, p. 786.

1794, North Carolina:  Importation Prohibited.

“An act to prevent the further importation and bringing of slaves and indented servants of colour into this state.”

Sec. 1. “Be it enacted ..., That from and after the first day of May next, no slave or indented servant of colour shall be imported or brought into this state by land or water; nor shall any slave or indented servant of colour, who may be imported or brought contrary to the intent and meaning of this act, be bought, sold or hired by any person whatever.”

Sec. 2.  Penalty for importing, L100 per slave; for buying or selling, the same.

Sec. 4.  Persons removing, travelling, etc., are excepted.  The act was amended slightly in 1796.  Martin, Iredell’s Acts of Assembly, II. 53, 94.

1794, March 22.  United States Statute:  Export Slave-Trade Forbidden.

“An Act to prohibit the carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any foreign place or country.” Statutes at Large, I. 347.  For proceedings in Congress, see Senate Journal (repr. 1820), 3 Cong. 1 sess.  II. 51; House Journal (repr. 1826), 3 Cong. 1 sess.  II. 76, 84, 85, 96, 98, 99, 100; Annals of Cong., 3 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 64, 70, 72.

1794, Dec. 20.  South Carolina:  Act of 1792 Extended.

“An Act to revive and extend an Act entitled ’An Act to prohibit the importation of Slaves from Africa, or other places beyond Sea, into this State, for two years; and also, to prohibit the importation or bringing in of Negro Slaves, Mulattoes, Indians, Moors or Mestizoes, bound for a term of years, from any of the United States, by Land or Water.’”

Sec. 1.  Act of 1792 extended until Jan. 1, 1797.

Sec. 2.  It shall not be lawful hereafter to import slaves, free Negroes, etc., from the West Indies, any part of America outside the United States, “or from other parts beyond sea.”  Such slaves are to be forfeited and sold; the importer to be fined L50; free Negroes to be re-transported.  Cooper, Statutes, VII. 433.