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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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[52] Allinson, _Acts of Assembly_, pp. 315-6.

[53] _N.J. Archives_, VI. 222.

[54] _Acts of the 10th General Assembly_, May 2, 1786. There
are two estimates of the number of slaves in this colony:--

In 1738, 3,981. _American Annals_, II. 127.
" 1754, 4,606. " " II. 143.

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_Chapter IV_

THE TRADING COLONIES.

16. Character of these Colonies.
17. New England and the Slave-Trade.
18. Restrictions in New Hampshire.
19. Restrictions in Massachusetts.
20. Restrictions in Rhode Island.
21. Restrictions in Connecticut.
22. General Character of these Restrictions.

16. ~Character of these Colonies.~ The rigorous climate of New England,