Confidential. Contains Foreign Relations Committee report on Senate resolution to abrogate eighth article of the Ashburton treaty with Great Britain signed Aug. 9, 1842, which provided for the maintenance of a naval force off the African coast to prevent slave trade., 1854
Tag Archives: Slavery
[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
Mississippi Legislature — right of search, and case of the brig Creole. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in reference to the right of search, and the case of the American brig Creole.
Resolutions of Mississippi on right of search, brig Creole affair, 1842
Schooner “Amistad.” Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, relative to the schooner “Amistad.”
House and Senate Documents: Spanish schooner Amistad, 1844
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-sixth Congress
State of the Union address, 1860
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
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December, 1859.
Annual report of Secretary of Navy, 1859, p. 1135, 1859
[Message of President on payment of claims, etc., in case of schooner Amistad, and minority views]
Message of President on payment of claims, etc., in case of schooner Amistad, and minority views, 1858
Slave trade, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of despatches from the American Minister at the Court of Brazil, relative to the slave-trade, &c.
Slave trade, despatches from American minister at Brazil, 1845
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-fifth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1858
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by resolutions of the House of Representatives, relating to certain negotiations with the government of the United Mexican States.
Presidential message on Negotiations with Mexico, 1826
Indemnity for slaves. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, relative to slaves forcibly carried away, &c.
Resolutions of Legislature of Louisiana on indemnity from Texas for abducted enslaved persons, 1844
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.
Memorial of women of Boston, Massachusetts, against annexation of Texas as slave-holding Territory, 1837
Emancipation in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th of January, transmitting the report and tabular statements of the commissioners appointed in relation to emancipated slaves in the District of Columbia.
Tabular statements of commissioner of emancipation in District of Columbia, 1854
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Secretary of State, with documents relating to the African slave trade.
Presidential message communicating report with sundry documents on African slave trade, 1850
[Message of President transmitting copies of instructions to commanders of African squadron, since ratification of treaty of 1842]
Message of President transmitting copies of instructions to commanders of African squadron, since ratification of treaty of 1842, 1859
Preamble and resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to the suppression of the Slave Trade.
Preamble and resolution of legislature of Vermont on suppression of slave trade, 1851
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
African slave trade.
African slave trade. Resolutions, 1860
Resolutions of the legislature of Michigan, in favor of the proclamation of the President of the United States, of the first of January, emancipating the slaves in the slaves in the insurgent states, and pledging the State of Michigan to sustain the national administration in all its efforts to quell the present rebellion, and restore peace to the Union.
Resolutions of legislature of Michigan approving emancipation proclamation and sustaining administration in efforts to suppress rebellion, 1863
Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, in reference to the negotiation of a treaty with Great Britain for the rendition of fugitive slaves.
Treaty with Great Britain for rendition of fugitive enslaved persons. Resolutions of legislature of Tennessee, 1860
Emancipation of the slaves of rebels. (to accompany bill H.R. no. 472.).
Emancipation of the enslaved persons of rebels, 1862
Emancipation and colonization. (to accompany bill H.R. no. 576.).
Emancipation and colonization of enslaved persons, 1862
Message from the President of the United States, stating the interpretation which has been given to the act entitled “An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade.”
Slave trade, interpretation given to act for prohibiting, 1819
[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