Note [847 — Chapter IX
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[847] Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, iv, p. 134. Exceptions were sometimes made to this law. During the Yamasee War in South Carolina, many of the planters left the colony. Several ladies came to Rhode Island bringing with them their Indian slaves. On their petition, the assembly voted, June 13, 1715, to relieve them from the import duties on their slaves. Arnold, op. cit., ii, p. 55; Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, iv, p. 186. A similar instance occurred in August of the same year. Arnold, op. cit., ii, p. 57; Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, iv, p. 197.