INDEX.] S'lnhingfiivd. 



1727 Fund now above 1,000,000 per annum by re- 

 duction of interell fiom 5 to 4 per cent iii, 138 

 Fiiittier account of favings . - i-!9,i4i 



'73i->733 iC3.o°0)OOo P'l'd to the South-fea com- 

 pany - - 167,177,193 

 J749 Fund increafed by further redu<5lion of interell 271 

 J763 ,^1,000,000 drawn from the fund . 369 

 176+ Otlier,f 2,000, ooodrawn out . 395 

 1786 A new linking fund elfablilhed - iv, 101 



1792 Parliament add /40o,ooo to the fund 233 



Another new (inking fund, to be attached to 



every new loan - - 235 



1793 Parliament add ,(^200,000 to the fund — thisaddi- 



tion repeated every year - 265 



1800 Progrefs made in reducing the debt . 508 



851 Si'ra/inthe Pcriiangulf, the chief feat of the 



oriental trade - i, 255,2^6,268,269 



947 Great opulence of the merchants - 269 



Skins — See Hides andjkins. 

 ^o6*Siylax's voyage of difcovery and geographical 



work - - - i> 58 



1794 Slates, carried coaftways, pay duty - iv, 298 



Slavery and flave trade — .See Negroes. 

 i8oo*Slaves theonly fervants, and all captives fl. i,6,ioS 

 — — lo kidnapped by Phcenician feamen - 6 



J728*Jofeph fold to a caravan — price given for him 8 



588*Slaves carried from Greece, &c to Tyre 



550* Children of debtors fold ai (laves in Atliens 



370*Platofold as a flave for 5 mina; 



liC^Dealing in (laves the only trade in Europe 



ig8-i32*The (laves in Sicily, &c rebel 1 , 

 14 Manufafliires conducted in Rome by flaves 



Slaves fold in Gaul for wine 



Slaves exported from Britain 



38s St. Patric kidnapped by the Irifti Scots 

 947 People of Khozr fell their children 



looojl Slaves the chief merchandize in German fairs 

 io661|They are exported from England 

 — — And commonly fold in England 

 1189 Are fiill exported from England 

 1 1 95 Ten flaves make part of the price of Lambeth 346;; 

 1331 Boys and girlscarried from Turkey to Egypt,&C492 

 1338 King Edward fells freedom to liis Daves 522 



1365 Slavery flill general in England - 572 



1381 Slavery abolilhed by tiie king's charter — the 

 charter revoked — llavcry continues, till 

 gradually extinguilhed by the increafe of 

 manufactures - - - 59' 



X4j$3 Negroesgiven incxchange for Moors kidnapped 

 by the Portuguefe— thence the origin of the 

 European trade in Negro (laves - 661 



J 508 Negroes carried from Ai'iica to Hifpaniola ii, 32 

 IJ14 Two (laves manumitted by King Henry VIII 47 

 1562 The Engli(h engage in the Negro flave trade 136 

 J574 Queen Elizabeth fells freedom to her flaves 156 

 16X9 The Englilh fupply the Spaniards with (laves dii 

 1715 South-fcii company contract to fupply tliem iii, 32 

 J764 Numberof flavesimportcdin Jamaica 1752-1762 403 



1766 About 70,000 annually (hipped from Africa 438 



Negroes, an article of the free-port trade 446 



1767 Tripoli, 3 great mart for white and black llaves 467 



1768 Number of Negroes carried off tliis year 4S4 

 1773 Duty on (laves, reduced - - 543 

 J775 Duty enlarged by the legiflature of Jamaica, 



who dread the increa(t of flaves 574 



1777 Inquiry into the flave trade, by the lords of trade. 603 

 1779 Slaving captain fined for carrying off a free N. 638 

 i7S8 The iuftice of the (lave trade very generally de. 



nieii — 103 petitions againll irand 4 for it iv,i40 



The king orders an inquiry into the nature and 



efteols of the Have trade - . 141 



' Mode of obtaining flaves — treatment on the 



pafiage . ' - . i4» ''47 



^-'— Slaves relhippedurtke Weft Indies . 147 



38 



40 



69 



107 



109 



'23 



131 



133 

 213 

 169 

 279 

 289 

 303 

 345 



Slavery and pave trade. 



J78S Pt.ite of (laves in the Weft Indies iv, 147.150- 



Efl'efls of the trade upon the feamen - 150 



Eflimateof flaves (hipped from Africa - ij» 



Prices of (laves 1676-1788 - - »SJ 



Retrofpc(5l of the African trade 1701-1787 J53 



Scot I and and Ireland not concerned in flave trade 154 



Trade for gum, ivory, &c injured by the flave 



trade ... J54 



Slaves carried to and from each of the Britifh 



Weft India iflands 1783-1787 - 15s 



Slave trade of Portugal, Holland, France, &c 164 



The trade regulated by a temporary ait i7> 



1789 The ai5f renewed with additions - 189 



The flave trade abolilhed in Bengal - 195 



1791 The temporary aiil renewed . - a2j 



Iniporta and exports of flaves in the Well In- 



dies 1789 171)1 • - 228 



1792 Temporary aft renewed, notwithftanding 519 



petitions againft it . - 235 



Slave trade permitted by tlie king of Denmark 



till 1S03, and no longer . - 23S 



1794 Lofs of flaves, &c not infurable - 299 



Bill againft felling flaves to foreigners pafled by 



the commons, rejefted by the lords - 300 



Demand for flaves llackened by the war 311 



The flave trade almoll abolilhed in America 322 



1797 Slave velfels muft have 4J feet tweendecks 424 



Slaves not to be fold for proprietor's debts 424 



799 Act for the fl. trade of Lond. Liverpool, Briftol 474 

 624 Smelt — a patent (before now) for making it ex- 

 empted from the law againft monopolies ii, 325 



Smuggling — See Spiritous liquors, Tea, Tobacco, &c. 

 364 SmuggHng,if trifling, not to condemn a vellel i,57t 

 472 A law to prevent fmuggling fine goods 6Sg 



765 Smuggling nov/ trilling in brandy and gin iii, /^lo 



766 Eftimate of tea fmuggled into Great Britain 454- 

 779 Smuggling much increafed — act for fuppreffing 637 



781 Smuggling commanders, mates, &-C tobefined 689 

 7S2 Ati againft fmuggling by privateers, &c 710 



784 Smugglingat a great height, chiefly in tea iv, 49 



Duties on tea lowered and comnuited - 50 



Other precautions enacted - - 51,53 



786 Precautions againft fmuggling in regular trade 103 

 7X7 Kinds of veffelsfeizable as fmugglers 126 



Act again(t running goods continued 17 I,•;T2,37.'}■ 

 793 Smuggling veflfels feized,to befold for privateers 282 



794 Law againft fmuggling made ftricter - 297 



795 And ftill ftrifter . _ 34.5 



796 New regulations to prevent fmuggling - 3-; 5 

 79g It is much abridged by the marine police 45X 



800 Precautions againft licenced velfels fmuggling 495 

 i^o*Smyrna commercial, exports corn . i, 27 



782 S«2^,^^^precaulion againlt importation iii, 710 

 Additional duty on the importation - 710 



785 Drawback on exportation iupprelfed iv, 75 

 52411 ^oc/i, before now made in Briltol, now made in 



London - - . ii, 61 



631 A patent for an improved manufaftuie 3C8 



634 The monojKjly ftrengtlicned . 3S2 



777 Ad: for fecuring the duties on foap iii, 608 



795 Exportation of foip prohibited . - 3^9 

 799 Method of making fuap from (ifli invented' iv, ZS7 

 t6^ Society vfartijlsof Great Britain \nQo\-'fotAl<:<.\ iii, 412 

 754 Society Jbr the encouragement of arts, iiiairifaclures, 



and commerce ti\i\h\\{\\eA — conftitution iii, 303 

 761 They promote a fcheniefor providing fifli 348 



764 Which is unfuccefsfifl — their further exertions 



for that purpofe — their expenditure 38(5 



767 Several of their premiums noted . 474 

 771 They give a medal for fllk and wjiic in Carolina 519 



796 They give a medal to Mr. W'llieVifor his zeal 



in promoting the bulincfs of organzlning fllk 379 

 947 Si^a/a, abounding in gold — merchants of Oman 



- and Siraf trade to it . . j, 269: 



