[43] Force, _American Archives_, 4th Ser., II. 128-9.

[44] _Ibid._, 5th Ser., I. 1178; _Laws of Delaware, 1797_
(Newcastle ed.), p. 884, ch. 145 b.

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

1713, Duty Act: £10.
1763 (?), Duty Act.
1769, " " £15.
1774, " " £5 on Africans, £10 on colonial Negroes.
1786, Importation prohibited.

[46] Leaming and Spicer, _Grants, Concessions_, etc., p. 398.
Probably this did not refer to Negroes at all.

[47] Cf. Vincent, _History of Delaware_, I. 159, 381.

[48] _Laws and Acts of New Jersey, 1703-17_ (ed. 1717), p. 43.

[49] _N.J. Archives_, IV. 196. There was much difficulty in
passing the bill: _Ibid._, XIII. 516-41.

[50] _Ibid._, IX. 345-6. The exact provisions of the act I
have not found.

[51] _Ibid._, IX. 383, 447, 458. Chiefly because the duty was
laid on the importer.