Memoir of the Life And Services of Colonel John Nixon
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, and other prominent merchants of the city, signing and presenting to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, a remonstrance to a petition that had been presented the previous month by citizens of Philadelphia against the importation of slaves, and in consequence of which a bill had been prepared laying a duty of £10 per head on each negro brought from abroad. The importers, in their remonstrance to the bill, represented that the province was suffering great inconvenience for want of servants, and "an a...dvantage may be gained by the introduc- tion of slaves, which will likewise be a means of reducing the exorbitant price of labor and in all probabilities bring our commodities to their usual prices. " They represent that they have "embarked in the trade" of importing negroes through John Nixon. The motives they have mentioned, and that they will labor under great hardships by the law taking immediate effect without giving them time to countermand their orders. This protest, however, had no effect upon the Quaker House, for the law to lay a duty on negroes was passed within two weeks.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, and other prominent merchants of the city, signing and presenting to the Assembly of Pennsylvania, a remonstrance to a petition that had been presented the previous month by citizens of Philadelphia against the importation of slaves, and in consequence of which a bill had been prepared laying a duty of £10 per head on each negro brought from abroad. The importers, in their remonstrance to the bill, represented that the province was suffering great inconvenience for want of servants, and "an a...dvantage may be gained by the introduc- tion of slaves, which will likewise be a means of reducing the exorbitant price of labor and in all probabilities bring our commodities to their usual prices. " They represent that they have "embarked in the trade" of importing negroes through John Nixon. The motives they have mentioned, and that they will labor under great hardships by the law taking immediate effect without giving them time to countermand their orders. This protest, however, had no effect upon the Quaker House, for the law to lay a duty on negroes was passed within two weeks.
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