" 1730, 700. Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
I. 259.
" 1756, 3,636. Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
" 1762, 4,590. Williams, _History of the Negro Race in America_,
I. 260.
" 1774, 6,562. Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
" 1782, 6,281. Fowler, _Local Law_, etc., p. 140.
" 1800, 5,281. _Ibid._, p. 141.

[47] _Conn. Col. Rec._, XIV 329. Fowler (pp. 125-6) says that
the law was passed in 1769, as does Sanford (p. 252). I find
no proof of this. There was in Connecticut the same Biblical
legislation on the trade as in Massachusetts. Cf. _Laws of
Connecticut_ (repr. 1865), p. 9; also _Col. Rec._, I. 77. For
general duty acts, see _Col. Rec._, V 405; VIII. 22; IX. 283;
XIII. 72, 125.

[48] _Acts and Laws of Connecticut_ (ed. 1784), pp. 233-4.

[49] _Ibid._, pp. 368, 369, 388.

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_Chapter V_

THE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION. 1774-1787.