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376 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
" May it please your Lordships:
" 1 have your Commands of the 15th of Aprill, which came to hand by a Chance Sloope
from Barbados; but not untill the 13th of October, by which your Lordships may perceive
how tedious and uncertain that Conveyance is; .And, therefore, have not the least apprehensions your Lordships'Justice will impute any neglect to me; since, in Obedience
thereto, I imediately made the best Inquiry I could, what numbers of Negros have been
supplyd to this her Ma1*'3 Province by the Royall AfTrican Company, or by the separate
Traders, who pay the tenn ^ ct., Since the 24th of June, 1698. And by the List
here inclosed, which is as exact as the speedy dispatch of this Answer, would admitt.
Your Lordships will find the Royall AfTrican Company have not supplyd one Negro to
this province during that tyme; Nor can I, on Enquiry of above twenty years last past
heare of any ship belonging to the Company that has come hither, but Wee have been
wholy supplyd by the seperate Traders, as }7our Lordships may perceive, tho by the Death
and Removeall of severall Officers of the Customes here, 1 cannot learne the Owners or
Importers, further than the Names of severall shipps and Commanders; yet am satisfied
they were exclusive of the Royall AfTrican Company.
"And these Negros have been sold for Bills of Excha payable in London, generally
men at £30 sterling, ^ head, and Women at rive & six and twenty pounds.
" 1 have, pursuant to your Lordships' directions, discourst many of the principall
planters here, by whom 1 am informd that before the year 1698, this province has been
supplyd by some small Quantitys of Negros from Barbados & other her Ma*}'3 Islands and
Plantations, as Jaimaica & New England Seaven, eight, nine or ten in a Sloope, &
sometymes larger Quantitys, & sometymes, though very seldom, whole ship Loads of
slaves have been brought here directly from Afffica by Interlopers, or such as
have had Lycenses, or otherwise traded there. At present the Trade seems to run
high, there having been between six and seaven hundred Negros imported hither
this yeare (1708), and the Planters owne themselves obliged to the seperate Traders
for these supplys, having never had any from the Company, and now the price of
Negroes begins to abate, as Wee suppose by reason of the plentifull Importation by the seperate Traders, so that 'tis the Opinion of most here, should the seperate
Traders be totally excluded, the Company would take no better care to supply them with
slaves, than they have formerly done, which would not only be a great Detriment to the
planters, but also to her Ma*}'3 Revenue of so valuable Customes on tobacco.
" As to shipping belonging to this Country & imployd to the Coast of Affrica at present, I cannot learne of any, nor above two or three persons concernd therein with the
Merch'8 in London.
" I humbly begg your Lordships pardon that the Account of what number of Negros
the province has been yearly supplyd with, and at what Rates has not been transmitted,
which, being interwoven with the Encouragem1 and Protection, I am en joyned to give
the Royall AfTrican Company, made me mistake to be intended of those to be supplyd by
them only. And to convince your Lordships of my future exact Complyance with Commands I esteeme so sacred, have sent you a list of those imported this present year (1708),
and shall, in all other matters, punctually observe & obey your Commands on all Occasions transmitted to, my Lords,
" Yor Lordships' most obedient & humble serv't,
"JO: SEYMOUR.
" Maryland, November 18th, 1708."1
1 London Public Record Office, Maryland, B. T., Red, No. 4, H., p. 91.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000403 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 376 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. " May it please your Lordships: " 1 have your Commands of the 15th of Aprill, which came to hand by a Chance Sloope from Barbados; but not untill the 13th of October, by which your Lordships may perceive how tedious and uncertain that Conveyance is; .And, therefore, have not the least apprehensions your Lordships'Justice will impute any neglect to me; since, in Obedience thereto, I imediately made the best Inquiry I could, what numbers of Negros have been supplyd to this her Ma1*'3 Province by the Royall AfTrican Company, or by the separate Traders, who pay the tenn ^ ct., Since the 24th of June, 1698. And by the List here inclosed, which is as exact as the speedy dispatch of this Answer, would admitt. Your Lordships will find the Royall AfTrican Company have not supplyd one Negro to this province during that tyme; Nor can I, on Enquiry of above twenty years last past heare of any ship belonging to the Company that has come hither, but Wee have been wholy supplyd by the seperate Traders, as }7our Lordships may perceive, tho by the Death and Removeall of severall Officers of the Customes here, 1 cannot learne the Owners or Importers, further than the Names of severall shipps and Commanders; yet am satisfied they were exclusive of the Royall AfTrican Company. "And these Negros have been sold for Bills of Excha payable in London, generally men at £30 sterling, ^ head, and Women at rive & six and twenty pounds. " 1 have, pursuant to your Lordships' directions, discourst many of the principall planters here, by whom 1 am informd that before the year 1698, this province has been supplyd by some small Quantitys of Negros from Barbados & other her Ma*}'3 Islands and Plantations, as Jaimaica & New England Seaven, eight, nine or ten in a Sloope, & sometymes larger Quantitys, & sometymes, though very seldom, whole ship Loads of slaves have been brought here directly from Afffica by Interlopers, or such as have had Lycenses, or otherwise traded there. At present the Trade seems to run high, there having been between six and seaven hundred Negros imported hither this yeare (1708), and the Planters owne themselves obliged to the seperate Traders for these supplys, having never had any from the Company, and now the price of Negroes begins to abate, as Wee suppose by reason of the plentifull Importation by the seperate Traders, so that 'tis the Opinion of most here, should the seperate Traders be totally excluded, the Company would take no better care to supply them with slaves, than they have formerly done, which would not only be a great Detriment to the planters, but also to her Ma*}'3 Revenue of so valuable Customes on tobacco. " As to shipping belonging to this Country & imployd to the Coast of Affrica at present, I cannot learne of any, nor above two or three persons concernd therein with the Merch'8 in London. " I humbly begg your Lordships pardon that the Account of what number of Negros the province has been yearly supplyd with, and at what Rates has not been transmitted, which, being interwoven with the Encouragem1 and Protection, I am en joyned to give the Royall AfTrican Company, made me mistake to be intended of those to be supplyd by them only. And to convince your Lordships of my future exact Complyance with Commands I esteeme so sacred, have sent you a list of those imported this present year (1708), and shall, in all other matters, punctually observe & obey your Commands on all Occasions transmitted to, my Lords, " Yor Lordships' most obedient & humble serv't, "JO: SEYMOUR. " Maryland, November 18th, 1708."1 1 London Public Record Office, Maryland, B. T., Red, No. 4, H., p. 91. |
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