Category Archives: House and Senate Reports
African colonization — Slave trade — Commerce. Report of Mr. Kennedy, of Maryland, from the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the memorial of the Friends of African Colonization, assembled in convention in the City of Washington, May, 1842. To which is appended, a collection of the most interesting papers on the subject of African colonization, and the commerce, etc., of Western Africa, together with all the diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the African slave trade.
African slave-trade.
Africans in Fort Monroe Military District. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House, transmitting a report of Major General Wool, on the number, age, and condition of the Africans in his district.
Amendment to Constitution on compensation for emancipation of slaves
Appropriation — Slave trade.
Colonization of free people of colour.
Deficiencies of appropriation for suppression of slave trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating estimates for deficiencies in the appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade, &c.
Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 1
Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 3
Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 4
Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 5
Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 6
Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 7
Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 8
Don Juan Madrazo.
Don Juan Madrazo.
Dr. Henry Perrine — tropical plants.
Emancipation and colonization. (to accompany bill H.R. no. 576.).
Emancipation of the slaves of rebels. (to accompany bill H.R. no. 472.).
Free colored seamen — majority and minority reports.
In Senate of the United States.
Journal of the Committee of Thirty-Three. Disturbed condition of the country. Pt 2
Kansas affairs.
Kansas claims. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 1017.)
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the instructions which have been issued to naval commanders upon the subject of the importation of slaves, made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourth January, instant.
Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, copies of all instructions given to commanding generals in pursuance of the acts of Congress approved August 6, 1861, setting free slaves who have been employed, by the consent of their masters, against the government of the United States.
Liberated Africans. Letter from the acting Secretary of the Interior, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 19th ultimo, transmitting reports from Agent Seys in relation to care of liberated Africans.
Lieutenant Isaac McKeever
Message from the president of the United States, transmitting, In pursuance of a resolution of the Senate, of 20th April, A Report of the Attorney General, relative to the Introduction of Slaves into the United States, contrary to existing laws
Report Of the Committee on the Suppression of the Slave Trade
Report of the Committee to which was referred so much of the President’s message as relates to the slave trade.
Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President’s message as relates to the introduction of slaves from Amelia Island.
Report of the Committee to whom was referred the memorial of the President and Board of Managers of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States.
Report of the Committee to whom was referred, at the commencement of the present session of Congress, so much of the President’s message as relates to the slave trade, accompanied with a bill to incorporate the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States.
Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 24, calling for information relative to the coolie trade.
Report of the Secretary of State.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December, 1859.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th of May, a copy of the preliminary report, and also of the final report of the American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission.
Senate bill no. 96 — claims — Treaty of Ghent.
Slave trade, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of despatches from the American Minister at the Court of Brazil, relative to the slave-trade, &c.
Slavery in the Territory of New Mexico. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 64.)
Suppression of the slave trade.
The slave trade. (To accompany bill S. no. 464.)
Wm. Hazzard Wigg — Claim for slaves taken by the British in the Revolutionary War.
[Bill to secure equality before the law in courts of United States]
[Message of President, communicating constitution for Kansas adopted at Lecompton, 4 September, 1857]
[On attempts to circulate through mail inflammatory appeals to excite slaves to insurrection]
[Petition of president and stockholders of Florida Steam Packet Company, owner of steamship Carolina seized for carrying slaves]
[Report on Resolution Relative to the Abrogation of a Treaty with Great Britain.]
[Sundry memorials and resolutions of several State Legislatures, on colonization of persons of color]
[To provide for more effectual execution of 3d clause of 2d section of 4th article of constitution of United States]
Colonization of free men in Africa, diplomatic correspondence with Great Britain on slave trade and commerce, 1843
Liberia, purchase of Territory in, by American Colonization Society, for suppression of African slave trade, 1844
Report of Major General Wool on number, age, and condition of Africans in Fort Monroe military district, 1862
Amendment to Constitution on compensation for emancipation of enslaved persons, 1863
Slave trade, appropriation to suppress, 1826
American Colonization Society, Memorial of, on colonizing free people of colour in Africa, 1827
Estimates for deficiencies in appropriation for suppression of slave trade, 1860
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 1, Report of Select Committee of Thirty Three, 1861
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 3, Minority Report of C. C. Washburn and Mason W. Tappan, 1861
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 4, Minority Report of Miles Taylor, John S. Phelps, A. Rust, William G. Whiteley, and Warren Winslow and Joint Resolution proposing amendments to Constitution, 1861
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 5, Minority Report of John C. Burch and Lansing Stout, 1861
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 6, Minority Report of Thomas A. R. Nelson and Joint Resolution proposing amendments to Constitution, 1861
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 7, Minority Report of Charles Francis Adams, 1861
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 9, Minority Report of Peter E. Love and A. J. Hamilton, 1860
Claim of Don Juan Madrazo for payment for slaves captured from schooner Isabelita and introduced illegally into United States, 1836
Claim of Don Juan Madrazo for payment for slaves captured from schooner Isabelita and introduced illegally into United States, 1837
Agricultural report on tropical plants, encourage introduction and growth of, 1838
Emancipation and colonization of enslaved persons, 1862
Emancipation of the enslaved persons of rebels, 1862
Colored seamen, free, laws in Southern States on, 1843
Colonization of free persons of color, 1828
Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 2, News of Select Committee of Thirty Three, 1861
Kansas investigation, 1856
Kansas claims, 2 pts., 1861
Instructions to naval commanders concerning slave trade, 1819
Instructions given to commanding generals under act of Congress of August 6, 1861, setting free enslaved persons employed by consent of their masters against United States, 1862
Reports on care of liberated Africans, 1853
Claim of Lieutenant Isaac McKeever for prize money for capture of two slave vessels, 1826
Presidential message transmitting Report on illegal introduction of enslaved persons into United States by citizens thereof, 1822
Slave trade, further measures for suppression of, 1822
Report on the slave trade, 1821
Illicit introduction of enslaved persons from Amelia Island, 1818
Report on Memorial of Society for Colonizing Free People of Color, 1818
American Colonization Society, report on memorial of, and on subject of slave trade, 1820
Information on transportation of laborers, whether termed “slaves,” “coolies,” or “apprentices,” from Asia or any Asiatic islands to English or Spanish colonies in America, or to Chincha islands, and manner of their treatment after arrival, with statistics showing sacrifice of human life resulting from said traffic, 1856
Documents from State Department, 1844
Annual report of Secretary of Navy, 1859, p. 1135, 1859
Annual report of Secretary of Navy, p. 403 [enclosed with 375 S.doc.1], 1840
Annual report of Navy Department, p. 111 [enclosed with 93 H.doc.2], 1823
Annual report of Secretary of Navy, p. 403 [enclosed with 382 S.doc.2], 1840
Copy of preliminary report; also final report of American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 1864
Enslaved persons and claims of persons under 1st article Treaty of Ghent, 1828
Slave trade, despatches from American minister at Brazil, 1845
Slavery in Territory of New Mexico, 1860
Report on the suppression of the slave trade, 1826
Report on the slave trade, 1860
Claim for Enslaved Persons taken by British, 1860
Bill to secure equality before the law in courts of United States, 1864
Message of President, communicating constitution for Kansas adopted at Lecompton, 4 September, 1857, 1858
On attempts to circulate through mail inflammatory appeals to excite enslaved persons to insurrection, 1836
Petition of president and stockholders of Florida Steam Packet Company, owner of steamship Carolina seized for carrying enslaved persons, 1858
Confidential. Contains Foreign Relations Committee report on Senate resolution to abrogate eighth article of the Ashburton treaty with Great Britain signed Aug. 9, 1842, which provided for the maintenance of a naval force off the African coast to prevent slave trade., 1854
Sundry memorials and resolutions of several State Legislatures, on colonization of persons of color, 1828
To provide for more effectual execution of 3d clause of 2d section of 4th article of constitution of United States, 1850