The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America - 1638-1870 by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois
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[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._, I. 389, note. [33] Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 214; Bettle, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem._, I. 388. Possibly there were two acts this year. [34] _Laws of Pennsylvania_ (ed. 1742), p. 354, ch. 287. Possibly some change in the currency made this change appear greater than it was. [35] Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 371; _Acts of Assembly_ (ed. 1782), p. 149; Dallas, _Laws_, I. 406, ch. 379. This act was |
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