1. Vattel, b. 2. c. 15. sec. 221. Resolution of Congress of November 23rd, 1781.
2. Act of Congress, April 30th, 1790, sec. 27.
3. Ibid. sec. 25, 26.
4. Journals of Congress, vol. 7. 181.
5.The United States v. Smith, 5 Wheaton, 153. and note, ibid. 163.
6. Cic. in Verrem. lib. 5. 3 Inst. 113.
7. Bynk. Q. J. Pub, b. 1. c. 17. Rutherforth, b. 2, c. 9. Azuni, vol. 2. p. 351. 361, 362. edit. N.Y. Cro. E. 685. Anon. 2 Woodd. Lec. 429.
8. Doug. 618.
9. 6 Wheaton, 153.
10. Bynk. Q. J. Pub. ch. 17.
11. 3 Wheaton, 610.
12. Rutherforth's Ins. b. 1. ch. 9. Mr. Jefferson's letter to Mr. Genet, 17th June, 1793.
13. 5 Wheaton, 144.
14. Ibid. 184.
15. Ibid. 412.
16. Cic. Philip. 4. c. 6. Grotius, b. 3 c. 3. sec. 1.
17. Q. J. Pub. b. 1. c. 17.
18.Esprit des Loix, b. 10. c. 5.
19.The Helena, 4 Rob. 3.
20. Sec. 45.
21. Quest. J. P. b. 1. c. 17.
22. Story, J. 11 Wheaton, 39-41.
23. Mitford's Hist. vol. 4. 236.
24.L'Esprit des Loix, liv. 15. ch. 5.
25.The Merino, 9 Wheaton, 391. — The declarations of the master, connected with his acts in furtherance of the voyage, have been held to be evidence on an indictment against the owner of the ship, under the act of 20th April, 1818. United States v. Gooding, 12 Wheaton, 460.
26. Stat. 47. Geo. III.
27. Report of a Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, February 16th, 1825. See also the Q. Review, No. 68, in which it appears from a reference to various documents, that the African slave trade was carried on to an enormous extent under the French and Portuguese flags, down to the year 1826. But by a convention between England and Brazil. it will be piratical for the subjects of Brazil to be engaged in the trade after the year 1830.
28. 1 Acton's Rep. 240.
29. 1 Dodson, 81.
30. 1 Dodson, 95.
31. 2 Dodson, 210.
32. 3 Barnewell & Alderson, 358.
33. 2 Mason, 409.
34. 10 Wheaton, 66.
