Revised code of D.C. Laws, 1857
Tag Archives: Slavery
Laws of U.S. in relation to Navy and Marine Corps; to close of 2nd session of 26th Congress, together with acts and resolutions of Congress granting medals, swords, and votes of thanks, or having reference to special objects; also, private acts, for relief of individuals, alphabetically arranged; and table of appropriations and expenditures for naval service, from 1791 to 1840, both years inclusive, to which are prefixed Constitution of U.S., and synopsis of legislation of Congress respecting naval affairs during Revolutionary War
Laws of the U.S. in relation to the Navy and Marine Corps, 1841
39 S. 6 (1865-1867)
A bill supplying appropriate legislation to enforce the amendment to the Constitution prohibiting slavery., 1865
37 H.R. 634 (1861-1863)
An act giving aid to the State of Missouri for the purpose of securing the abolishment of slavery in said State., 1863
37 H.R. 106 (1861-1863)
A bill to facilitate the suppression of the rebellion and prevent its return, and that the President be requested to declare free, and to direct all our generals and officers in command to order freedom to, all enslaved persons who shall leave their masters, or shall aid in quelling this rebellion., 1861
38 S. 227 (1863-1865)
A bill to establish a bureau of freedmen., 1864
21-1 H.R. 433 (1829-1831)
A bill concerning slavery in the District of Columbia., 1830
37 S. 216 (1861-1863)
A bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia., 1862
37 S. 252 (1861-1863)
A bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia., 1862
37 H.R. 374
A bill to render freedom national and slavery sectional. To secure freedom to all persons within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government., 1862
Prohibition of slavery in new states.
Prohibition of slavery in new States, petition from American convention for promoting abolition of slavery held at Philadelphia, 1819
Extension of the right of suffrage, and the admission of slavery, for a limited time, in the Indiana Territory, and the division thereof.
Extension of right of suffrage, and admission of slavery, for limited time, in Indiana territory, and division thereof; petition of inhabitants, 1806
38 S. 99 (1863-1865)
A bill to secure equality before the law in the courts of the United States. That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color., 1864
Violation of the Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves.
Violation of act prohibiting importation of enslaved persons, petition of owners of brig Joseph Ricketson, 1809
39 S. 55 (1865-1867)
A bill to maintain and enforce the freedom of the inhabitants of the United States., 1865
Message of the President of the United States at the commencement of the Session.
State of the Union address, 1824
36 H.R. 64 (1859-1861)
A bill to disapprove and declare null and void all territorial acts and parts of acts heretofore passed by the legislative assembly of New Mexico which establish, protect, or legalize involuntary servitude or slavery within said Territory, except as punishment for crime upon due conviction., 1860
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-seventh Congress.
State of the Union address, 1862
38 H.R. 512 (1863-1865)
A bill to repeal the fugitive slave act of 1850, and all acts and parts of acts for the rendition of fugitive enslaved persons, 1864
38 H.R. 51 (1863-1865)
An act to establish a Bureau of Freedmen’s Affairs, 1864
37 S. 331 (1861-1863)
A bill to relieve the national government of all obligation to support slavery and of all responsibility for it under the Constitution., 1862
38 H.R. 698 (1863-1865)
An Act To establish, in the War Department, a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees., 1865
37 S. 28 (1861-1863)
A bill to suppress the slaveholders’ rebellion., 1861
37 S. 78 (1861-1863)
A bill for the confiscation of the property of rebels, and giving freedom to the persons they hold in slavery., 1861
39 H.R. 63 (1865-1867)
A bill to double the pensions of those who were made pensioners by the casualties of the late war; to pay the damages done to loyal men by the rebel government and rebel raiders; and enforce the confiscation laws, so as to pay the same out of the confiscated property of the enemy., 1865