[65] Ibid., p. 241.

 [66] Ibid., p. 240.

 [67] Ibid., p. 242.

 [68] For further proceedings, see Annals of Cong., 8 Cong. 1
      sess. pp. 240-55, 1038-79, 1128-9, 1185-9.  For the law, see
      Statutes at Large, II. 283-9.

 [69] First, a bill was introduced applying the Northwest
      Ordinance to the Territory (Annals of Cong., 8 Cong. 2 sess.
      pp. 45-6); but this was replaced by a Senate bill (Ibid., p.
      68; Senate Journal, repr. 1821, 8 Cong. 2 sess.  III. 464). 
      For the petition of the inhabitants, see Annals of Cong., 8
      Cong. 2 sess. p. 727-8.

 [70] The bill was hurried through, and there are no records of
      debate.  Cf. Annals of Cong., 8 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 28-69, 727,
      871, 957, 1016-20, 1213-5.  In Senate Journal (repr. 1821),
      III., see Index, Bill No. 8.  Importation of slaves was allowed
      by a clause erecting a Frame of Government “similar” to that
      of the Mississippi Territory.

 [71] Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 443.  The whole
      trade was practically foreign, for the slavers merely entered
      the Negroes at Charleston and immediately reshipped them to
      New Orleans.  Cf. Annals of Cong., 16 Cong. 1 sess. p. 264.

 [72] House Journal (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 1 sess.  V. 264;
      Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 445, 878.

 [73] House Reports, 9 Cong. 1 sess.  Feb. 17, 1806.

 [74] House Bill No. 123.

 [75] Annals of Cong., 16 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 73-7.  This report
      covers the time from Jan. 1, 1804, to Dec. 31, 1807.  During
      that time the following was the number of ships engaged in the
      traffic:—­

From Charleston,   61    From Connecticut,    1
"  Rhode Island, 59      "  Sweden,         1
"  Baltimore,     4      "  Great Britain, 70
"  Boston,        1      "  France,         3
"  Norfolk,       2                       202

The consignees of these slave ships were natives of
Charleston 13
Rhode Island 88
Great Britain 91
France 10
——­
202

The following slaves were imported:—­
By British vessels 19,949
" French " 1,078
------
21,027

By American vessels:—­
"  Charleston merchants    2,006
"  Rhode Island   "        7,958
"  Foreign        "        5,717
"  other Northern "          930
"    "   Southern "        1,437        18,048
------        ------

Total number of slaves imported, 1804-7 39,075

It is, of course, highly probable that the Custom House
returns were much below the actual figures.

[76] McMaster, History of the People of the United States,
III. p. 517.