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Slave trade.

Mercer reports for "the committee to whom were referred the memorial of the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also, sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, and a memorial from...

GLC00267.035

Memorial of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, praying the adoption of measures for the suppression of the African slavetrade.

Message to Congress emphasizing the "horror and brutality of the middle passage." The memorial states that the trade is being "prosecuted to a greater extent, and in a manner more destructive to its victims, than it ever was before." 26 Congress...

GLC00267.036

Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, papers in regard to the seizure of the American barque Panchita on the coast of Africa.

35th Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document 61. The Panchita was an American slave ship seized by British vessels off the coast of Africa. Although the British admitted seizure violated U.S.-British accords, they argued it was in good...

GLC00267.040

In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1828. Mr. Tazewell made the following report:

20th Congress, 1st session, doc no. 178. The Committee on Foreign Relations report declares Congress has no authority to find territory on the coast of Africa for colonization, or to appropriate money for colonization, because such powers are not...

GLC00267.045

Resolution of the legislature of Missouri, declaring, in their opinion, that Congress has no power to appropriate moneys to aid the American Colonization Society.

20th Congress, 2d Session, document no. 89. Congress has no power to appropriate money to aid the American Colonization Society (based on strict construction of the Constitution). The resolution mentions the concern that the next step would be...

GLC00267.046

In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1832. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Manufactures, made, to the Senate, the following Report:

22d Congress, 1st Session, document no. 128. Discusses the history of land surveying and selling after the Revolution, the Louisiana purchase, and the acquisition of Florida. There was fear in the South that proceeds would be used to advance a...

GLC00267.047

In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1832. Mr. King made the following report:

22d Congress, 1st Session, document no. 145. Unfavorable report on the proposal to use proceeds from sales of public lands for education, internal improvements, and "the colonization of free negroes upon the western coast of Africa."

GLC00267.048

Memorial of the society of the District of Columbia for the colonization and civilization of Africa, praying ...

28th Congress, 1st session, Senate document no. 218. Calls upon the government for "The establishment of a commercial agency at the colony of Liberia, and asking an appropriation to forward the objects of said society, and for the benefit of said...

GLC00267.053

Report of the Secretary of State communicating the report of the Rev. R. R. Gurley, who was recently sent out by the government...

(title continues)... to obtain information in respect to Liberia. Pamphlet bound as a book. With introductory note by Daniel Webster, Secretary of State 1850-1852. 31st Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document No. 75. Contains a...

GLC00267.054

Schooner Amistad: message from the President of the United States, transmitting sundry...

(title continues)... letters between the Department of State and Chevalier d'Argaiz on the subject of the schooner 'Amistad.' Contains messages from President John Tyler, Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and Chevalier d'Argaiz, envoy extraordinary...

GLC00267.067.01