A bill to repeal all acts for the rendition of fugitives from service or labor., 1864
Tag Archives: Slavery
38 S. 159 (1863-1865)
A bill to aid the proclamation of emancipation issued by the President on the First day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three., 1864
38 S. 188 (1863-1865)
A bill to prohibit commerce in enslaved persons among the several States, and the holding or transportation of human beings as property in any vessel within the jurisdiction of the national government., 1864
38 S. 63 (1863-1865)
A bill to establish a Bureau of Emancipation, 1864
Declaring the objects of the war and the purposes of the President in regard to slavery, enjoining obedience to certain acts of Congress and announcing the President’s intention to recommend compensation to loyal persons for the loss of slaves. September 22, 1862
Declaring the objects of the war and the purposes of the President in regard to slavery, enjoining obedience to certain acts of Congress and announcing the President’s intention to recommend compensation to loyal persons for the loss of enslaved persons. September 22, 1862, 1862
Joint Resolution declaring that the United States ought to cooperate with, affording pecuniary Aid to any State which may adopt the gradual Abolishment of Slavery
Joint Resolution declaring that the United States ought to cooperate with, affording pecuniary Aid to any State which may adopt the gradual Abolishment of Slavery, 1862
36 H.R. 957 (1859-1861)
A bill to provide for taking the sense of the people of the several States on certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States., 1861
36 S. 537 (1859-1861)
A bill to provide for taking the sense of the people of the several States on certain proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States., 1861
38 S. 443 (1863-1865)
A Bill To incorporate the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company., 1865
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
[Resolution of Senate on payment of claimants in case of Spanish schooner Amistad]
House and Senate Reports: Resolution of Senate on payment of claimants in case of Spanish schooner Amistad, 1851
Kansas affairs.
Kansas investigation, 1856
Suppression of the slave-trade on the coast of Africa. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for copies of instructions given the commanding officers of the squadron, for the suppression of the slave-trade on the African coast, &c.; and copies of instructions given by the British Government to their squadron.
Slave trade on coast of Africa, instruction to commanders of squadron for suppression of, 1844
Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) information in relation to the abuse of the flag of the United States in subservience to the African slave trade, and the taking away of slaves the property of Portuguese subjects.
Presidential message communicating information on abuse of flag of United States, in subservience to African slave trade, and taking away of enslaved persons, property of Portuguese subjects, 1844
Slaves in Connecticut — sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the returns of the Marshal of Connecticut, showing the number of slaves in said district, &c. &c.
Enslaved persons in Connecticut, sixth census, 1841
Emancipation in Missouri. Letter from H.R. Gamble, Governor of Missouri, transmitting resolution of the convention of that state, responsive to the joint resolution of the House of Representatives passed April 10, 1862, in relation to co-operation with states desiring to emancipate their slaves.
Letter from Governor transmitting resolutions of convention of Missouri, on emancipation of enslaved persons, 1862
Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting copies of the depositions of Gilbert C. Russel and Francis W. Armstrong, in relation to the cargoes of the slave ships Constitution, Louisa and Marino, etc., rendered in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 5th inst.
Depositions of Gilbert C. Russell and Francis W. Armstrong, on cargoes of slave ships Constitution, Louisa, and Marino, 1826
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, reports of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers, in relation to the African slave trade.
Presidential message communicating reports of Secretary of State and Secretary of Navy, with accompanying papers, on African slave trade, 1858
[Petition of Robert F. Stockton, commanding schooner Alligator off coast of Africa, for suppression of slave trade]
Petition of Robert F. Stockton, commanding schooner Alligator off coast of Africa, for suppression of slave trade, 1823
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of a convention concluded at St. Petersburg, the 12th day of July, 1822, under the mediation of the emperor of all the Russias, between the United States of America and his Britannic majesty.
Construction of 1st article of treaty of peace with Great Britain under mediation of Russia, 1826
Amendment to Constitution on compensation for emancipation of slaves
Amendment to Constitution on compensation for emancipation of enslaved persons, 1863
[To provide for more effectual execution of 3d clause of 2d section of 4th article of constitution of United States]
To provide for more effectual execution of 3d clause of 2d section of 4th article of constitution of United States, 1850
Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slavetrade.
Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying adoption of measures for suppression of African slave-trade, 1840
[Petition of American Colonization Society, praying remuneration for support of certain Africans recaptured from slaver Pons by U.S.S. Yorktown]
Petition of American Colonization Society, praying remuneration for support of certain Africans recaptured from slaver Pons by U.S.S. Yorktown, 1850