FOOTNOTES:

[1] Smith, _Generall Historie of Virginia_ (1626 and 1632), p. 126.

[2] Cf. Southey, _History of Brazil_.

[3] De Laet, in O'Callaghan, _Voyages of the Slavers_, etc., p. viii.

[4] See, e.g., Sainsbury, _Cal. State Papers; Col. Ser.,
America and W. Indies, 1574-1660_, p. 279.

[5] Cf. below, pp. 27, 32, notes; also _Freedoms_, XXX., in
O'Callaghan, _Laws of New Netherland, 1638-74_ (ed. 1868), p.
10; Brodhead, _History of New York_, I. 312.

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

1709, Duty Act: £3 on Negroes not direct from Africa
(Continued by the Acts of 1710, 1711).
1711, Bill to lay further duty, lost in Council.
1716, Duty Act: 5 oz. plate on Africans in colony ships.
10 oz. plate on Africans in other ships.
1728, " " 40_s._ on Africans, £4 on colonial Negroes.
1732, " " 40_s._ on Africans, £4 on colonial Negroes.
1734, " " (?)
1753, " " 40_s._ on Africans, £4 on colonial Negroes.
(This act was annually continued.)