Feb 26, 2004 - Sale 1998

Sale 1998 - Lot 18

Price Realized: $ 748
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION OF SLAVES (Connecticut.) Acts and Laws, Made and passed by the General Court or Assembly of his Majesty's English Colony of Connecticut . . . on the Second Thursday of October . . . 1774. 401-406 pages. Folio unbound; staining. New London: Timothy Green, 1774

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Contains printings of 6 laws passed in that session, including prohibiting the importation of slaves. It was the first successful anti-slavery legislation in Connecticut. In 1784, Connecticut would pass legislation to emancipate slaves older than 25. Evans 13209.