. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. ich the trade or Nav-igation of this Kingdom may be any way affected declaring it to beour Royal Intention that no Duties shall be laid in the province un-|der your Government upon British shipping or upon the Product orManufactures of Great Britain upon any pretence whatsoever. It is[therefore Our Express will and pleasure that you move our Counciland Assembly of our said Province forthwith to pass a new Law forrepealing the three foregoing Clauses and for providing and settlingother funds for th like purposes not liable to the same objections,or at l
. Negro slavery in the northern colonies. ich the trade or Nav-igation of this Kingdom may be any way affected declaring it to beour Royal Intention that no Duties shall be laid in the province un-|der your Government upon British shipping or upon the Product orManufactures of Great Britain upon any pretence whatsoever. It is[therefore Our Express will and pleasure that you move our Counciland Assembly of our said Province forthwith to pass a new Law forrepealing the three foregoing Clauses and for providing and settlingother funds for th like purposes not liable to the same objections,or at least that an Exception be made in favour of all Goods what-soever of the Product or Manufacture of Great Britain; and that no(Duty be laid on any Slaves imported payable by the Importer, and youare also to signify our Royal Intention to our Council and the As-sembly of our said Province that if the- do not immediately complywith this our Instruction we shall repeal the Act now complained of. Eoc. rel. to Col. Hist, of New. York, i/I, The third. Monday of March, 1751. An Act to prevent all persons keeping house within this col-ony, from entertaining Indian, negro o mulatto servant* or slaves. ? This Act provided, that ro India, mulatto or negro servantor slave, may presume to he absent from the family vrhereto he or sheshall respectively belong, or be found abroad in the night time, af-ter 9 ocloch, unless it be uponsome errad for his or her respec-tive master or mistress, or owner. The act also piohil ited alltraffic with any servant or slave. R. I. Col. Rec. V, 320.
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