Category Archives: Memorials and Petitions
Application to prohibit the importation of slaves into the Territory of Louisiana.
Colonization of free blacks. Memorial of Leonard Dugged, George A. Bailey, and 240 other free colored persons of California, praying Congress to provide means for their colonization to some country in which their color will not be a badge of degradation.
Dissensions between the North and South. Petition of the Committee of Thirty-Three, appointed at the workingmen’s mass meeting, held in Philadelphia, in Independence Square, Saturday evening, January 26, 1861.
Extension of the right of suffrage, and the admission of slavery, for a limited time, in the Indiana Territory, and the division thereof.
Massachusetts, citizens of — slavery. Memorial of citizens of Edgartown upon the subject of slavery, particularly in the District of Columbia.
Memorial of a number of citizens of the District of Columbia, adverse to any legislation on the part of Congress, on the subject of slavery in said district.
Memorial of Anthony M. Dignowitz, of San Antonio, Texas, praying the military occupation of Texas, with a view of protecting loyal citizens.
Memorial of citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, praying for the enactment of a law that all colored children born in the District of Columbia after a certain day shall be free.
Memorial of H. D. Johnson, Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska, claiming for the people of that Territory the right to legislate for themselves on the subject of slavery, and that Congress should leave the question to the decision of their own choice.
Memorial of inhabitants of Montgomery County in the State of Ohio upon the subject of free people of color.
Memorial of inhabitants of Muskingum County, Ohio, for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Memorial of inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the City of Baltimore.
Memorial of sundry masters of American vessels, lying in The Port of Charleston, SC
Memorial of the American Missionary Association, praying the rigorous enforcement of the laws for the suppression of the African slave-trade, and the enactment of such additional laws as may be necessary to put an end to that traffic.
Memorial of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States.
Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, requesting that efforts be made, by negotiation with the British Government, to procure the restoration of fugitive slaves.
Memorial of the President and Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society.
Memorial of the President and Board of Managers of the American Colonization Society.
Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slavetrade.
Memorial of the Society of Friends, upon the subject of the foreign slavetrade.
Petition of citizens of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for an annual appropriation to remove to Africa all free Negroes and manumitted slaves.
Petition of Jas. N. Kennett and others, citizens of Kentucky, praying indemnity for slaves enticed into Ohio, and whom, under the laws of that state, they are unable to recover.
Prohibition of slavery in Missouri.
Prohibition of slavery in Missouri.
Prohibition of slavery in new states.
Remonstrance of Sarah Chapman and 3,028 other women, of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, against the annexation of Texas to the United States, as a slave-holding territory.
Remonstrance of the Grand Jury of Washington County, in the District of Columbia, in respect to petitions to Congress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Slave trade.
Slave trade.
Slave trade.
Slavery — District of Columbia. Memorial of inhabitants of the District of Columbia, praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
Violation of the Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves.
Virginia. Inhabitants of Buckingham County — Free Negroes.
[Memorial of Governor, members of Legislature, officers and citizens of Florida, praying that Toney Proctor, free colored man, be compensated for services as Seminole interpreter]
[Petition of American Colonization Society, praying remuneration for support of certain Africans recaptured from slaver Pons by U.S.S. Yorktown]
[Petition of citizens of western Pennsylvania on slaves]
[Petition of Robert F. Stockton, commanding schooner Alligator off coast of Africa, for suppression of slave trade]
Application to prohibit importation of enslaved persons into territory of Louisiana, petition of American convention for promoting abolition of slavery, 1804
Memorial of two hundred forty two free colored persons of California, on colonization, 1862
Crittenden resolutions, petition of committee of thirty-three appointed at mass meeting of workingmen held in Philadelphia, in favor of, 1861
Extension of right of suffrage, and admission of slavery, for limited time, in Indiana territory, and division thereof; petition of inhabitants, 1806
Citizens of Edgartown, Massachusetts, against slavery, 1832
Citizens of District of Columbia, adverse to any legislation on part of Congress, on slavery therein, 1839
Memorial on military occupation of Texas, 1861
Memorial of citizens of Pennsylvania, on slavery in D.C., 1828
Memorial of delegate from Nebraska Territory, claiming for people right to legislate for themselves on slavery, 1854
Memorial of inhabitants of Montgomery County, Ohio, on free people of color, 1828
Inhabitants of Muskingum county, Ohio, for abolition of slavery in District of Columbia, 1834
Inhabitants of District of Columbia, abolition of slavery, 1828
Baltimore, memorial of citizens of, against slavery in Missouri, 1820
Memorial against certain police regulations of Charleston, S.C., 1823
Memorial of American Missionary Association, praying rigorous enforcement of laws for suppression of African slave trade, and enactment of additional laws, 1860
Colonizing Free People of Color, U.S. American Society for, memorial of, 1827
Legislature of Missouri, requesting that efforts be made, by negotiation with British government, to procure restoration of fugitive enslaved persons, 1847
Memorial of American Colonization Society on removal of colored people to Africa, 1820
Memorial of American Colonization Society on removal of colored people to Africa, 1820
Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying adoption of measures for suppression of African slave-trade, 1840
Quakers of Pennsylvania, memorial on foreign slave trade, 1840
Petition of citizens of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, for appropriation to remove to Africa all free negroes and manumitted enslaved persons, 1836
Citizens of Kentucky, praying indemnity for enslaved persons enticed into Ohio, unable to be recovered under laws of Ohio, 1850
Prohibition of slavery in Missouri, petition of inhabitants of Newport, Rhode Island, 1819
Prohibition of slavery in Missouri, petition of inhabitants of Hartford, Connecticut, 1820
Prohibition of slavery in new States, petition from American convention for promoting abolition of slavery held at Philadelphia, 1819
Memorial of women of Boston, Massachusetts, against annexation of Texas as slave-holding Territory, 1837
Remonstrance of Grand Jury of Washington, on petitions to Congress for abolition of slavery in District of Columbia, 1837
Slave trade, petition from American convention for promoting abolition of slavery, 1806
Slave trade, petition of legislature of Ohio for prohibiting, 1806
Slave trade, petitions of Quakers yearly meeting held in Rhode Island, abolition societies convened in Philadelphia, and Providence Society, 1794
Memorial of inhabitants of District of Columbia, to abolish slavery, 1828
Violation of act prohibiting importation of enslaved persons, petition of owners of brig Joseph Ricketson, 1809
Free men. Memorial from Buckingham county, Virginia, 1831
Memorial of Governor, members of Legislature, officers and citizens of Florida, praying that Toney Proctor, free colored man, be compensated for services as Seminole interpreter, 1849
Petition of American Colonization Society, praying remuneration for support of certain Africans recaptured from slaver Pons by U.S.S. Yorktown, 1850
Petition of citizens of western Pennsylvania on enslaved persons, 1848
Petition of Robert F. Stockton, commanding schooner Alligator off coast of Africa, for suppression of slave trade, 1823