Ninety-seven petitioners represent "this State and the City of Charleston in particular have become the common place of meeting between the Slave dealer from places north of us and the purchaser South West of us." They point out that "the motive of the Slave dealer is not only to approach as near as he can to his buyers, but to remove the slave as far from his old range, & from notorious bad character as possible," which "while on Sale here many vicious slaves are palmed upon careless or confiding Citizens among us, and their mixture with our own, has had a sensible influence upon the docility and usefulness of our slaves." They therefore seek legislation that will "prohibit ... the introduction of slaves into this State merely for sale." They further request additional sanctions to the Act of 1740, which "prohibits the slave from sleeping or living out of his Master's premises or of those of some white person appointed by the master."
Result: Referred to judiciary committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
