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Laws and duties on slave trade and colonial laws questioned
The Historical Register notes confusion over acts prohibiting iron exports and duties on enslaved Africans, doubts about transmitted laws to the Crown, and the shift to having purchasers bear duties on imports. It cites a 1728 New York act, pressure from London merchants, and the Pennsylvania charter's requirement to offer laws for Crown approval, highlighting governance gaps and grievances of British subjects.
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New York
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Pessilvania
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