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United States. Congress Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Message as relates to the introduction of slaves from Amelia Island.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.031 Author/Creator: United States. Congress Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: January 10,1818 Pagination: 5 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

The report reflects the early distaste for the slave trade in the U.S. House Document 46, 15th Congress, 1st session. Accompanied with a bill supplementary to the act, to prohibit the importation of enslaved people into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States: passed 2d March 1807. Endpaper states: "The first copy of this report being incorrectly printed, is to be cancelled, and this copy substituted." First edition (thus).

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