Winthrop, Grenville Temple, 1807-1852 Free colored seamen - Majority and minority reports.

GLC00267.062

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GLC#
GLC00267.062
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
January 20, 1843
Author/Creator
Winthrop, Grenville Temple, 1807-1852
Title
Free colored seamen - Majority and minority reports.
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
58 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 14.6 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

27th Congress, 3d session, House of Representatives document no. 80. Concerns South Carolina law jailing all free blacks in Charleston. Winthrop as senator from Massachusetts, protests on behalf of the citizens of Boston, against the jailing of free blacks working on ships arriving in Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New Orleans.

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