Some of the South American states, where slaves were bought, levied an import duty upon blacks, and cases are on record of captains going over their cargo outside the harbor and throwing into the sea all who by disease or for other causes, were rendered unsalable-thus saving both duty and insurance.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
But on Peter's asking for an additional warrant against him, the defendant's lawyer succeeded in proving, if the statement of the overseer proved it, that the brewer was quite ignorant that the milk sold in the "district" was what had been unsalable the day before to better customers, and that the skimming and doctoring of it was unknown to him.
"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"
Paul Leicester Ford
The money would be in land at two and a half per cent; repairs, taxes, lawsuits, farmers who don't pay their rent, a father-in-law who makes over to you unsalable property.
"Renée Mauperin"
Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt