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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.062 Author/Creator: Winthrop, Grenville Temple, 1807-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: January 20, 1843 Pagination: 58 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 14.6 cm Order a Copy

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.

Winthrop, Grenville Temple, 1807-1852
Committee on Commerce

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