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- Captive African slaves. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d instant, in relation to certain African captives seized in the harbor of Pensacola. March 10, 1826. Read, and laid upon the table
- Colored emigration -- British West Indies. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to the emigration of colored laborers to the British West Indies. May 3, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Harriet Tubman, by Nancy J. Nielsen ; consultant, Xiomara Santamarina
- Indians -- Creek and Seminole. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in regard to difficulties between the Creek and Seminole Indians. December 18, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
- Slave trade. (To accompany Bill S. No. 464.) May 31, 1860
- Archibald Jackson. January 13, 1832
- In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 114.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred so much of the message of the President of the United States as relates to the claim made by the government of Spain of certain Spanish subjects in the case of the schooner Amistad, and recommending that provision be made by law for its payment, have had the same under consideration and report ..
- Edmund Brooke. Memorial of Edmund Brooke, praying that a bill may pass to allow him to bring some of his servants from Virginia to his farm in the District of Columbia. January 2, 1833. Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia
- Florida Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th of May last in relation to the Florida Indians. December 18, 1826. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
- Benjamin Hodges -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 305.) January 4, 1838
- Schooner Amistad. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry letters between the Department of State and the Chevalier d'Argaiz, on the subject of the schooner "Amistad." February 28, 1842. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
- In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1851. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report, (To accompany Bill S. No. 471.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate instructing them "to inquire into the propriety of providing by law, pursuant to the recommendation of President Polk, in his message of the seventh December, eighteen hundred and forty seven, for payment of the claim there mentioned as arising to certain Spanish claimants in the 'Amistad case, ' " have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report ..
- Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 78.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted
- 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. April 23, 1858. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed
- 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. January 30, 1841. Read, and laid upon the table
- George Calvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) June 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed
- Instructions to African Squadron. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for a copy of all instructions given to the commanders of our African Squadron since the ratification of the treaty of 1842, &c. March 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed
- In Senate of the United States, January 8, 1821. Mr. Pleasants from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Gooding and James Williams, submitted the following report, The petitioners state that, in the year 1814, they were owners of the private armed schooner Midas ..
- Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 944.) February 22, 1837
- In Senate of the United States, January 29, 1821. Mr. Van Dyke, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hanson Catlett, a surgeon in the Army of the United States, submitted the following report, That the petitioner states that, during the late war, while ascending the Ohio, with his regiment ..
- Phillis Wheatley, legendary African-American poet, Cynthia Salisbury
- 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. February 28, 1843. Read, and laid upon the table
- Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the obligations of the states to surrender fugitives from justice. January 21, 1841. Ordered to be printed
- Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-eighth Congress. December 5, 1843. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate
- In Senate of the United States. March 15, 1848. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report, The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the representatives of Reuben Lassiter, deceased, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report ..
- 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. December 17, 1860. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
- Let's meet Frederick Douglass, Lisa Trumbauer
- William K. Jennings and others. (To accompany Bill S. 259.) January 24, 1857
- Indemnity and slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas, protesting against the relinquishment by the United States of conquered Mexican provinces or states in their possession without indemnity ; and also against any law which shall be intended to prevent the citizens of slaveholding states from taking their property with them in emigrating to said acquired territory. February 28, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
- Seminole hostilities. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a supplemental report respecting the causes of the Seminole hostilities, and the measures taken to suppress them. June 3, 1836. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
- Benjamin Hewitt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 500.) March 25, 1836
- Thomas J. Lawler -- Smith M. Miles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) December 14, 1837. -- Reprinted
- Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War on the claim of Econchatta Nico. April 23, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed
- In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Polk made the following adverse report. (To accompany Bill S. (C. of C.) 108.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the opinion of the Court of Claims in the case of O.H. Berryman and others, report ..
- Phillis Wheatley, by Susan R. Gregson
- In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report, The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan Murphy, report ..
- In the Senate of the United States. December 24, 1860. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution, which was referred to the select committee of thirteen on the present condition of the country, and ordered to be printed, Resolved, that it shall be declared, by amendment of the Constitution, that property in slaves ..
- Opinions of the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of "Smith vs. Turner," and "Norris vs. the City of Boston." February 17, 1849. Ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate
- Slavery throughout history, Theodore L. Sylvester
- Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-seventh Congress. December 7, 1841. Read, and ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents; and that 3,500 additional copies of the message, and 1,500 additional copies of the message and documents, be furnished for the use of the Senate
- Don Juan Madrazo. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 6th of May last, in relation to the claim of Don Juan Madrazo. June 30, 1836. Referred to the Committee of Claims
- Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce, and of other citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, adverse to the increase of duties on imports, &c. January 4, 1828. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States
- In Senate of the United States. July 27, 1842. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps submitted the following report, The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of John Phillips, as administrator of Jeremiah Phillips, and also of W. Walker, report ..
- Slavery time when I was chillun, [edited by] Belinda Hurmence
- In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 259.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the petitions of William K. Jennings and Aphia Jennings, Henry A. Wise, Ann Robison, Edward Rudd, Mary Martin, and Benjamin Hodges, severally asking compensation for slaves taken and carried away by the British during the War of 1812, out of the fund provided for under the first article of the Treaty of Ghent, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report ..
- Cornelius Manning. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 962.) February 28, 1837
- 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. January 5, 1821. Referred to the committee to which is referred so much of the President's message as relates to the slave trade
- Africans at Key West. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the disposition of the Africans landed at Key West from a stranded Spanish vessel. April 30, 1828. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- African slave trade. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House, a report from the Secretary of State in reference to the African slave trade. December 6, 1860. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- Importation of Africans. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 22, requesting information relative to the importation of Africans into the State of Georgia, or any other state of this Union. February 15, 1859. -- Read, ordered to be laid on the table and printed
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