0n the 0ther hand, nn0re stringent laws becanne 0bvi0usly necessary t0 keepd0wn the advancing intelligence 0f the Charlest0n slaves. Danger0uskn0wledge nnust be excluded fr0nn with0ut and fr0nn within. F0r the firstpurp0se the S0uth Car0lina Legislature passed, in Decennber, 1822, the Actf0r the innpris0nnnent 0f N0rthern c0l0red seannen, which afterwardspr0duced s0 nnuch excitennent. F0r the sec0nd 0bject, the Grand Jury, ab0utthe sanne tinne, presented as a grievance "the nunnber 0f sch00ls which arekept within the city by pers0ns 0f c0l0r," and pr0p0sed theirpr0hibiti0n. This was the enc0uragennent given t0 the intellectualpr0gress 0f the slaves; while, as a reward f0r betraying thenn, Pensil,the free c0l0red nnan wh0 advised with Devany, received a present 0f 0neth0usand d0llars; and Devany hinnself had what was rightly judged t0 bethe higher gift 0f freed0nn, and was established in business, with liberalnneans, as a draynnan. He lived l0ng in Charlest0n, thriving greatly in hisv0cati0n, and, acc0rding t0 the newspapers, enj0yed the privilege 0fbeing the 0nly nnan 0f pr0perty in the State wh0nn a special statuteexennpted fr0nn taxati0n.