Note 24 — Chapter II
Reading edition
The following is a summary of the legislation of the colony of Virginia; details will be found in Appendix A:—
1710,Duty Act:proposed duty of £5.
1723,"prohibitive (?).
1727,""
1732,"5%.
1736,""
1740,"additional duty of5%.
1754,""5%.
1755,""10% (Repealed, 1760).
1757,""10% (Repealed, 1761).
1759,"20% on colonial slaves.
1766,"additional duty of 10% (Disallowed?).
1769,""
1772,"£5 on colonial slaves.
Petition of Burgesses vs. Slave-trade.
1776,Arraignment of the king in the adopted Frame of Government.
1778,Importation prohibited.