Extension of right of suffrage, and admission of slavery, for limited time, in Indiana territory, and division thereof; petition of inhabitants, 1806
Tag Archives: Statehood
Admission of new States — Slavery, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, relative to the admission of new States into the Union, &c., &c.
Legislature of Connecticut on admission of new States, 1845
Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, instructing their senators and requesting their representatives to oppose, by all lawful means, and to the last extremity, the bill to organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, with the clause abrogating the prohibition of slavery, known as the Missouri Compromise.
Legislature of Connecticut against passage of bill organizing Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, 1854
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
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-fifth Congress.
State of the Union address, 1857
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to the acts of Congress admitting California into the Union, fixing the boundary of Texas, establishing territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico, the Fugitive Slave Law and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Resolutions of legislature of Texas, on acts of Congress admitting California into Union, fixing boundary of Texas, establishing Territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico, fugitive slave law, and Kansas-Nebraska act, 1856
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-first Congress.
State of the Union address, 1849
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 of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolutions of the Senate of the 16th and 18th instants, correspondence between the executive department and the present Governor of Kansas, and between the executive and any governor or other officer of the government in Kansas, with any orders or instructions which may have been issued, together with other information relative to affairs in that territory.
Presidential message communicating correspondence between executive department and Kansas, 1857
[Message of President, communicating constitution for Kansas adopted at Lecompton, 4 September, 1857]
Message of President, communicating constitution for Kansas adopted at Lecompton, 4 September, 1857, 1858
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives of that state in Congress to vote against the admission of another slaveholding state into the Union.
Resolutions of Connecticut against admission of another slaveholding State into Union, 1858
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, against the extension of the institution of slavery, and the further acquisition of foreign territory by the General Government; in favor of the right of trial by jury to all persons claimed under the fugitive slave law; and approving the course of the delegation from that state on the bill for the establishment of territorial governments in Nebraska and Kansas.
Resolutions of legislature of Rhode Island against extension of slavery and acquisition of foreign territory; for right of trial by jury to all persons; approving course of delegation from Rhode Island on bill for establishment of territorial governments in Nebraska and Kansas, 1854
[Resolutions on the Annexation of Texas.]
Confidential. Contains proposed resolutions calling for the tabling of the treaty with Texas, for negotiations with Mexico to cede territory west of Texas, for Texas statehood, and for the establishment of a boundary of limits for slavery., 1844
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 28th of February, 1857, all correspondence of John W. Geary, late governor of the Territory of Kansas, not heretofore communicated to Congress.
Presidential message communicating correspondence of John W. Geary, late governor of Territory of Kansas, not heretofore communicated to Congress, 1858
Memorial of sundry inhabitants of the City of Baltimore.
Baltimore, memorial of citizens of, against slavery in Missouri, 1820
Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, relative to the extension of slavery.
Resolution of legislature of Michigan on extension of slavery, 1858
Extension of slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to the extension of slavery in any territory that may be annexed to the United States.
Legislature of New Jersey for exclusion of slavery in territory to be annexed, 1847
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the prohibition of slavery in Territories of the United States, and the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union as a state.
Resolutions of legislature of Ohio for prohibition of slavery in Territories and admission of Kansas as State, 1856
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the extension of slavery, to slavery in the Territory of Kansas, to the admission of Kansas into the Union as a state, and secret oath-bound political associations.
Resolutions of legislature of Maine, against extension of slavery, slavery in Territory of Kansas, admission of Kansas into Union, and secret oath-bound political associations, 1856
Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union.
Joint resolutions of Iowa legislature on slavery and admission of Kansas into Union, 1857
Exclusion of slavery in territory to be annexed to the United States. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, relative to excluding slavery from Oregon Territory, and any other territory which may hereafter be annexed to the United States.
Legislature of Ohio for excluding slavery from territories to be annexed, 1847
Slavery — Kansas and secret political associations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the extension of slavery, Kansas, and secret political associations.
Resolutions of legislature of Maine on extension of slavery into Territory of Kansas, and secret political associations, 1856
Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery, and the admission of Kansas into the Union.
Resolutions of general assembly of Iowa, against slavery, and on admission of Kansas into Union as free state, 1857
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to slavery and the domestic slave trade
Legislature of New Hampshire, for extinction of slavery in District of Columbia, exclusion of slavery from Oregon and other territories, suppression of domestic slave-trade, and against admission of any new State into Union tolerating slavery, 1847
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, for the abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia; against an extension of slavery into the territory acquired from Mexico; against the extension of slavery or the jurisdiction of Texas over any part of New Mexico; for the admission of California, and in favor of the preservation of the Union.
Legislature of New York, for abolition of slave trade in District of Columbia; against extension of slavery in territory acquired from Mexico; against extension of slavery, or jurisdiction of Texas over any part of New Mexico; for admission of California, and for preservation of Union, 1850