"[U]pon pain of the highest displeasure, to assent to no law by which the importation of slaves should be in any respect prohibited or obstructed."

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People from LondonMonarchs from the United KingdomHouse of HanoverRoyalty and nobility with disabilities
Original Language: English

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Proclamation (10 December 1770), quoted in Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 8, p. 206