Message of President communicating letter from committee representing Freedmen’s Aid Societies of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, 1863
Tag Archives: African Americans
Testimony taken by the Select Committee on the recent election in South Carolina.
House and Senate Documents: Denial of elective franchise in South Carolina in election of 1876, 1876
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1866, reports of the Assistant Commissioners of Freedmen, and a synopsis of laws respecting persons of color in the late slave states.
House and Senate Documents: Reports of assistant commissioners of freedmen, and synopsis of laws on persons of color in late slave states, 1867
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in relation to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Dred Scott.
House and Senate Documents: Resolutions of legislature of Maine on decision of Supreme Court of United States in case of Dred Scott, 1857
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Scott versus Sandford.
House and Senate Documents: Resolutions of legislature of Massachusetts on decision of Supreme Court of United States in case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1858
Census for 1820, published by authority of act of Congress, under direction of Secretary of State [with census rules and blank forms, and data on free population by race, and slaves, by sex and age; aliens; and employment in agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing; by State and territory, county, and city]
1820 Census, 1821
Digest of opinions of Judge Advocate General of Army
Digest of opinions of Judge Advocate General of Army, 1865
Revised code of D.C., prepared under authority of act of Congress entitled “”Act to improve laws of D.C., and to codify same,” approved Mar. 3, 1855
Revised code of D.C. Laws, 1857
Return of whole number of persons within the several districts of U.S., according to “”Act providing for 2nd Census or enumeration of inhabitants of U.S.,” passed Feb. 28, 1800, printed by order of House of Representatives [with data on free population by age and sex, and slaves, by State and territory, county, and city, 1800]
1800 Census, 1801
Petition of citizens of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for an annual appropriation to remove to Africa all free Negroes and manumitted slaves.
Petition of citizens of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, for appropriation to remove to Africa all free negroes and manumitted enslaved persons, 1836
Colonization of free people of colour.
American Colonization Society, Memorial of, on colonizing free people of colour in Africa, 1827
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.
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
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-eighth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1864
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.
Memorial of two hundred forty two free colored persons of California, on colonization, 1862
[Bill to secure equality before the law in courts of United States]
Bill to secure equality before the law in courts of United States, 1864
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.
Reports on care of liberated Africans, 1853
Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slave trade, and the promotion of the colonization of free people of color.
Resolutions of legislature of Indiana for adoption of measures for suppression of African slave trade, and for colonization, 1852
[Sundry memorials and resolutions of several State Legislatures, on colonization of persons of color]
Sundry memorials and resolutions of several State Legislatures, on colonization of persons of color, 1828
Emancipation of the slaves of rebels. (to accompany bill H.R. no. 472.).
Emancipation of the enslaved persons of rebels, 1862
[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]
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
Free colored seamen — majority and minority reports.
Colored seamen, free, laws in Southern States on, 1843
Colored emigration — British West Indies. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the emigration of colored laborers to the British West Indies.
Presidential message on colored emigration, British West Indies, 1852
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.
Copy of preliminary report; also final report of American Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 1864
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.
American Colonization Society, report on memorial of, and on subject of slave trade, 1820
Virginia. Inhabitants of Buckingham County — Free Negroes.
Free men. Memorial from Buckingham county, Virginia, 1831