Disturbed condition of the country; pt. 2, News of Select Committee of Thirty Three, 1861
Tag Archives: Slavery
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.
Estimates for deficiencies in appropriation for suppression of slave trade, 1860
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, In pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 4th ultimo,) information on the subject of the African slave trade.
Presidential message on proceedings and negotiations respecting slave trade, 1821
Elliott Woodbury and Ezra Foster.
Owners of brig Casket, praying indemnity for alleged illegal seizure of ship under suspicion of slave trade, 1860
South Carolina, Virginia, and New York controversy.
New York, Virginia and South Carolina controversy over State law prohibiting transport of enslaved persons, 1842
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 26th of February, correspondence with the workingmen of England.
Presidential message communicating correspondence with workingmen of England, 1863
Message of the President of the United States, relative to the capture of the slaver Wildfire, on the coast of Cuba, by Lieutenant Craven, of the United States steamer Mohawk.
Presidential message on disposition of Africans from slaver Wildfire, captured on coast of Cuba, 1860
Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the interference by Congress or state legislatures with the domestic institutions of the slave states.
General Assembly of Indiana, adverse to any interference by Congress with domestic institutions of slaveholding States, 1839
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-sixth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1859
Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the seizure and detention of the brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet.
Presidential message transmitting report with correspondence between State Department and minister at London, and with Great Britain, on seizure and detention of brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet, 1839
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 on Memorial of Society for Colonizing Free People of Color, 1818
Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the admission of slave territory.
Resolutions of legislature of Indiana on admission of slave territory, 1850
Message from the president of the United States, transmitting a report of the secretary of state, Made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 18th inst. requesting to be furnished with a copy of the judicial proceedings in the District Court of Louisiana, in the case of the French Ship La Pensee
La Pensee, proceeding in case of French slave ship, 1822
South Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, in relation to the organization of South Carolina volunteers, composed of black men — fugitive slaves.
Organization of South Carolina volunteers composed of black men, fugitive enslaved persons, 1862
South Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of June 9, 1862, transmitting correspondence of Major General Hunter, in relation to arming South Carolina volunteers — fugitive slaves.
Correspondence of Major General Hunter on arming South Carolina volunteers, fugitive enslaved persons, 1862
Memorial of Anthony M. Dignowitz, of San Antonio, Texas, praying the military occupation of Texas, with a view of protecting loyal citizens.
Memorial on military occupation of Texas, 1861
Report of the Committee to which was referred so much of the President’s message as relates to the slave trade.
Report on the slave trade, 1821
Memorial of the Society of Friends, upon the subject of the foreign slavetrade.
Quakers of Pennsylvania, memorial on foreign slave trade, 1840
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.
Colonization of free men in Africa, diplomatic correspondence with Great Britain on slave trade and commerce, 1843
Capture of the slaver “William.” Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to the capture of the slaver “William,” near the Isle of Pines, with five hundred and fifty African negroes on board.
Message of President transmitting correspondence on capture of slaver William, near Isle of Pines, with five hundred fifty African negroes on board, 1860
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating an answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, information in relation to the roles as such of the regiments as have been raised in the State of Maryland in the present war which were composed in whole or in part of those who were at the time of their enlistment or draft slaves.
Letter on draft or enlistment of persons in Maryland who were held as enslaved persons, 1865
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the Quintuple Treaty.
Correspondence from State Department on Quintuple Treaty, 1843
Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of the communication of the Quintuple Treaty to the Government of the United States.
Presidential message on quintuple treaty for suppression of slave trade, 1843
[Emancipation of slaves in District of Columbia]
Emancipation of enslaved persons in District of Columbia, 1862
Construction of the Treaty of Washington, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 22d February, 1843.
Documents on construction of 8th article of late treaty with Great Britain, on slave trade, 1843