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1870, April 22. Congress (Senate): Bill to Repeal Act of 1803.
Senate Bill No. 251, to repeal an act entitled "An act to prevent the importation of certain persons into certain States where by the laws thereof their admission is prohibited." Mr. Sumner said that the bill had passed the Senate once, and that he hoped it would now pass. Passed; title amended by adding "approved February 28, 1803;" June 29, bill passed over in House; July 14, consideration again postponed on Mr. Woodward's objection.Congressional Globe, 41 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 2894, 2932, 4953, 5594.
1870, Sept. 16. Great Britain: Additional Treaty.
"Additional convention to the treaty of April 7, 1862, respecting the African slave trade." Concluded June 3, 1870; ratifications exchanged at London August 10, 1870; proclaimed September 16, 1870.U.S. Treaties and Conventions(1889), pp. 472–6.
1871, Dec. 11. Congress (House): Bill on Slave-Trade.
On the call of States, Mr. Banks introduced "a bill (House, No. 490) to carry into effect article thirteen of the Constitution of the United States, and to prohibit the owning or dealing in slaves by American citizens in foreign countries."House Journal, 42 Cong. 2 sess. p. 48.
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This chronological list of certain typical American slavers is not intended to catalogue all known cases, but is designed merely to illustrate, by a few selected examples, the character of the licit and the illicit traffic to the United States.
This chronological list of certain typical American slavers is not intended to catalogue all known cases, but is designed merely to illustrate, by a few selected examples, the character of the licit and the illicit traffic to the United States.
1619.——. Dutch man-of-war, imports twenty Negroes into Virginia, the first slaves brought to the continent. Smith,Generall Historie of Virginia(1626 and 1632), p. 126.
1645.Rainbowe,under Captain Smith, captures and imports African slaves into Massachusetts. The slaves were forfeited and returned.Massachusetts Colonial Records, II. 115, 129, 136, 168, 176; III. 13, 46, 49, 58, 84.
1655.Witte paert,first vessel to import slaves into New York. O'Callaghan,Laws of New Netherland(ed. 1868), p. 191, note.
1736, Oct.——. Rhode Island slaver, under Capt. John Griffen.American Historical Record, I. 312.
1746.——. Spanish vessel, with certain free Negroes, captured by Captains John Dennis and Robert Morris, and Negroes sold by them in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York; these Negroes afterward returned to Spanish colonies by the authorities of Rhode Island.Rhode Island Colonial Records, V. 170, 176–7; Dawson'sHistorical Magazine, XVIII. 98.
1752.Sanderson,of Newport, trading to Africa and West Indies.American Historical Record, I. 315–9, 338–42. Cf. above, p. 35, note 4.
1788(circa). ——. "One or two" vessels fitted out in Connecticut. W.C. Fowler,Historical Status of the Negro in Connecticut, inLocal Law, etc., p. 125.
1801.Sally,of Norfolk, Virginia, equipped slaver; libelled and acquitted; owners claimed damages.American State Papers, Commerce and Navigation, I. No. 128.
1803(?). ——. Two slavers seized with slaves, and brought to Philadelphia; both condemned, and slaves apprenticed.Robert Sutcliff,Travels in North America, p. 219.
1804.——. Slaver, allowed by Governor Claiborne to land fifty Negroes in Louisiana.American State Papers, Miscellaneous, I. No. 177.
1814.Saucy Jackcarries off slaves from Africa and attacks British cruiser.House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, p. 46; 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 147.
1816(circa).Paz,Rosa,Dolores,Nueva Paz,andDorset,American slavers in Spanish-African trade. Many of these were formerly privateers.Ibid., 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, pp. 45–6; 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, pp. 144–7.
1817, Jan. 17.Eugene,armed Mexican schooner, captured while attempting to smuggle slaves into the United States.House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12, p. 22.
1817, Nov. 19.Tentativa,captured with 128 slaves and brought into Savannah.Ibid., p. 38;House Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 81. SeeFriends' View of the African Slave Trade(1824), pp. 44–7.
1818.——. Three schooners unload slaves in Louisiana. Collector Chew to the Secretary of the Treasury,House Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 70.
1818, Jan. 23.English brigNeptune,detained by U.S.S. John Adams, for smuggling slaves into the United States.House Doc., 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 36 (3).
1818, June.Constitution,captured with 84 slaves on the Florida coast, by a United States army officer. See references under 1818, June, below.
1818, June.LouisaandMerino,captured slavers, smuggling from Cuba to the United States; condemned after five years' litigation.House Doc., 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 107; 19 Cong. 1 sess. VI.-IX. Nos. 121, 126, 152, 163;House Reports, 19 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 231;American State Papers, Naval Affairs, II. No. 308; Decisions of the United States Supreme Court in9 Wheaton, 391.
1819.Antelope,orGeneral Ramirez.The Colombia (or Arraganta), a Venezuelan privateer, fitted in the United States and manned by Americans, captures slaves from a Spanish slaver, the Antelope, and from other slavers; is wrecked, and transfers crew and slaves to Antelope; the latter, under the name of the General Ramirez, is captured with 280slaves by a United States ship. The slaves were distributed, some to Spanish claimants, some sent to Africa, and some allowed to remain; many died.House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, pp. 5, 15; 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 186;House Journal, 20 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 59, 76, 123 to 692,passim. Gales and Seaton,Register of Debates, IV. pt. 1, pp. 915–6, 955–68, 998, 1005;Ibid., pt. 2, pp. 2501–3;American State Papers, Naval Affairs, II. No. 319, pp. 750–60; Decisions of the United States Supreme Court in10 Wheaton, 66, and12 Ibid., 546.
1820.Endymion,Plattsburg,Science,Esperanza,andAlexander,captured on the African coast by United States ships, and sent to New York and Boston.House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, pp. 6, 15; 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, pp. 122, 144, 187.
1820.General Artigasimports twelve slaves into the United States.Friends' View of the African Slave Trade(1824), p. 42.
1821(?).Dolphin,captured by United States officers and sent to Charleston, South Carolina.Ibid., pp. 31–2.
1821.La Jeune Eugène,La Daphnée,La Mathilde,andL'Elize,captured by U.S.S. Alligator;La Jeune Eugènesent to Boston; the rest escape, and are recaptured under the French flag; the French protest.House Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 187;Friends' View of the African Slave Trade(1824), pp. 35–41.
1821.La Pensée,captured with 220 slaves by the U.S.S. Hornet; taken to Louisiana.House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, p. 5; 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 186.
1821.Esencialands 113 Negroes at Matanzas.Parliamentary Papers, 1822, Vol. XXII.,Slave Trade, Further Papers, III. p. 78.
1826.Fell's Pointattempts to land Negroes in the United States. The Negroes were seized.American State Papers, Naval Affairs, II. No. 319, p. 751.
1827, Dec. 20.Guerrero,Spanish slaver, chased by British, cruiser and grounded on Key West, with 561 slaves; a part (121) were landed at Key West, where they were seized by the collector; 250 were seized by the Spanish and taken to Cuba, etc.House Journal, 20 Cong. 1 sess. p. 650;HouseReports, 24 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 268; 25 Cong. 2 sess. I. No.4;American State Papers, Naval Affairs, III. No. 370, p. 210;Niles's Register, XXXIII. 373.
1828, March 11.General Geddesbrought into St. Augustine for safe keeping 117 slaves, said to have been those taken from the wreckedGuerreroand landed at Key West (see above, 1827).House Doc., 20 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 262.
1828.Blue-eyed Mary,of Baltimore, sold to Spaniards and captured with 405 slaves by a British cruiser.Niles's Register, XXXIV. 346.
1830, June 4.Fenix,with 82 Africans, captured by U.S.S. Grampus, and brought to Pensacola; American built, with Spanish colors.House Doc., 21 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 54;House Reports, 24 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 223;Niles's Register, XXXVIII. 357.
1831, Jan. 3.Comet,carrying slaves from the District of Columbia to New Orleans, was wrecked on Bahama banks and 164 slaves taken to Nassau, in New Providence, where they were freed. Great Britain finally paid indemnity for these slaves.Senate Doc., 24 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 174; 25 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 216.
1834, Feb. 4.Encomium,bound from Charleston, South Carolina, to New Orleans, with 45 slaves, was wrecked near Fish Key, Abaco, and slaves were carried to Nassau and freed. Great Britain eventually paid indemnity for these slaves.Ibid.
1835, March.Enterprise,carrying 78 slaves from the District of Columbia to Charleston, was compelled by rough weather to put into the port of Hamilton, West Indies, where the slaves were freed. Great Britain refused to pay for these, because, before they landed, slavery in the West Indies had been abolished.Ibid.
1836, Aug.-Sept.Emanuel,Dolores,Anaconda,andViper,built in the United States, clear from Havana for Africa.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 4–6, 221.
1837.——. Eleven American slavers clear from Havana for Africa.Ibid., p. 221.
1837.Washington,allowed to proceed to Africa by the American consul at Havana.Ibid., pp. 488–90, 715 ff; 27 Cong, 1 sess. No. 34, pp. 18–21.
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1838.Provaspends three months refitting in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; afterwards captured by the British, with 225 slaves.Ibid., pp. 121, 163–6.
1838.——. Nineteen American slavers clear from Havana for Africa.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, p. 221.
1838–9.Venus,American built, manned partly by Americans, owned by Spaniards.Ibid., pp. 20–2, 106, 124–5, 132, 144–5, 330–2, 475–9.
1839.Morris Cooper,of Philadelphia, lands 485 Negroes in Cuba.Niles's Register, LVII. 192.
1839.EdwinandGeorge Crooks,slavers, boarded by British cruisers.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 12–4, 61–4.
1839.Eagle,Clara,andWyoming,with American and Spanish flags and papers and an American crew, captured by British cruisers, and brought to New York. The United States government declined to interfere in case of theEagleand theClara,and they were taken to Jamaica. TheWyomingwas forfeited to the United States.Ibid., pp. 92–104, 109, 112, 118–9, 180–4;Niles's Register, LVI. 256; LVII. 128, 208.
1839.Florida,protected from British cruisers by American papers.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 113–5.
1839.——. Five American slavers arrive at Havana from Africa, under American flags.Ibid., p. 192.
1839.——. Twenty-three American slavers clear from Havana.Ibid., pp. 190–1, 221.
1839.Rebecca,part Spanish, condemned at Sierra Leone.House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 649–54, 675–84.
1839.DouglasandIago,American slavers, visited by British cruisers, for which the United States demanded indemnity.Ibid., pp. 542–65, 731–55;Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377, pp. 39–45, 107–12, 116–24, 160–1, 181–2.
1839, April 9.Susan,suspected slaver, boarded by the British.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 34–41.
1839, July-Sept.Dolphin(orConstitução),Hound,Mary Cushing(orSete de Avril), with American and Spanish flags and papers.Ibid., pp. 28, 51–5, 109–10, 136, 234–8;House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 709–15.
1839, Aug.L'Amistad,slaver, with fifty-three Negroes on board, who mutinied; the vessel was then captured by a United States vessel and brought into Connecticut; the Negroes were declared free.House Doc., 26 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 185; 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 191; 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 83;House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 20;House Reports, 26 Cong. 2 sess. No. 51; 28 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 426; 29 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 753;Senate Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 179;Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 29; 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 19;Senate Reports, 31 Cong. 2 sess. No. 301; 32 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 158; 35 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 36; Decisions of the United States Supreme Court in15 Peters, 518;Opinions of the Attorneys-General, III. 484–92.
1839, Sept.My Boy,of New Orleans, seized by a British cruiser, and condemned at Sierra Leone.Niles's Register, LVII. 353.
1839, Sept. 23.Butterfly,of New Orleans, fitted as a slaver, and captured by a British cruiser on the coast of Africa.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. No. 115, pp. 191, 244–7;Niles's Register, LVII. 223.
1839, Oct.Catharine,of Baltimore, captured on the African coast by a British cruiser, and brought by her to New York.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V No. 115, pp. 191, 215, 239–44;Niles's Register, LVII. 119, 159.
1839.Asp,Laura,andMary Ann Cassard,foreign slavers sailing under the American flag.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 126–7, 209–18;House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, p. 688 ff.
1839.Two Friends,of New Orleans, equipped slaver, with Spanish, Portuguese, and American flags.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 120, 160–2, 305.
1839.Euphrates,of Baltimore, with American papers, seized by British cruisers as Spanish property. Before this she had been boarded fifteen times.Ibid., pp. 41–4; A.H. Foote,Africa and the American Flag, pp. 152–6.
1839.Ontario,American slaver, "sold" to the Spanish on shipping a cargo of slaves.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 45–50.
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1839.Mary,of Philadelphia; case of a slaver whose nationality was disputed.House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 736–8;Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377, pp. 19, 24–5.
1840, March.Sarah Ann,of New Orleans, captured with fraudulent papers.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 184–7.
1840, June.Caballero,Hudson,andCrawford;the arrival of these American slavers was publicly billed in Cuba.Ibid., pp. 65–6.
1840.Tigris,captured by British cruisers and sent to Boston for kidnapping.House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 724–9;Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377, P. 94.
1840.Jones,seized by the British.Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377, pp. 131–2, 143–7, 148–60.
1841, Nov. 7.Creole,of Richmond, Virginia, transporting slaves to New Orleans; the crew mutiny and take her to Nassau, British West Indies. The slaves were freed and Great Britain refused indemnity.Senate Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 51 and III. No. 137.
1841.Sophia,of New York, ships 750 slaves for Brazil.House Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 43, pp. 3–8.
1841.Pilgrim,of Portsmouth, N.H.,Solon,of Baltimore,William JonesandHimmaleh,of New York, clear from Rio Janeiro for Africa.Ibid., pp. 8–12.
1842, May.Illinois,of Gloucester, saved from search by the American flag; escaped under the Spanish flag, loaded with slaves.Senate Doc., 28 Cong. 2 sess. IX. No. 150, p. 72 ff.
1842, June.Shakespeare,of Baltimore, with 430 slaves, captured by British cruisers.Ibid.
1843.Kentucky,of New York, trading to Brazil.Ibid., 30 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 28, pp. 71–8;House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61, p. 72 ff.
1844.Enterprise,of Boston, transferred in Brazil for slave-trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 28, pp. 79–90.
1844.Uncas,of New Orleans, protected by United States papers; allowed to clear, in spite of her evident character.Ibid., 28 Cong. 2 sess. IX. No. 150, pp. 106–14.
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1844.Sooy,of Newport, without papers, captured by the British sloop Racer, after landing 600 slaves on the coast of Brazil.House Doc., 28 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 148, pp. 4, 36–62.
1844.Cyrus,of New Orleans, suspected slaver, captured by the British cruiser Alert.Ibid., pp. 3–41.
1844–5.——. Nineteen slavers from Beverly, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Providence, and Portland, make twenty-two trips.Ibid., 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61, pp. 219–20.
1844–9.——. Ninety-three slavers in Brazilian trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 6, pp. 37–8.
1845.Porpoise,trading to Brazil.House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61, pp. 111–56, 212–4.
1845, May 14.Spitfire,of New Orleans, captured on the coast of Africa, and the captain indicted in Boston. A.H. Foote,Africa and the American Flag, pp. 240–1;Niles's Register, LXVIII. 192, 224, 248–9.
1845–6.Patuxent,Pons,Robert Wilson,Merchant,andPanther,captured by Commodore Skinner.House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. IX. No. 73.
1847.Fame,of New London, Connecticut, lands 700 slaves in Brazil.House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61, pp. 5–6, 15–21.
1847.Senator,of Boston, brings 944 slaves to Brazil.Ibid., pp. 5–14.
1849.Casco,slaver, with no papers; searched, and captured with 420 slaves, by a British cruiser.Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV No. 66, p. 13.
1850.Martha,of New York, captured when about to embark 1800 slaves. The captain was admitted to bail, and escaped. A.H. Foote,Africa and the American Flag, pp. 285–92.
1850.Lucy Ann,of Boston, captured with 547 slaves by the British.Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV No. 66, pp. 1–10 ff.
1850.Navarre,American slaver, trading to Brazil, searched and finally seized by a British cruiser.Ibid.
1850(circa).Louisa Beaton,Pilot,Chatsworth,Meteor,R. de Zaldo,Chester,etc., American slavers, searched by British vessels.Ibid., passim.
1851, Sept. 18.Illinoisbrings seven kidnapped West India Negro boys into Norfolk, Virginia.House Exec. Doc., 34Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105, pp. 12–14.
1852–62.——. Twenty-six ships arrested and bonded for slave-trading in the Southern District of New York.Senate Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 53.
1852.AdvanceandRachel P. Brown,of New York; the capture of these was hindered by the United States consul in the Cape Verd Islands.Ibid., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 41–5;House Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105, pp. 15–19.
1853.Silenus,of New York, andGeneral de Kalb,of Baltimore, carry 900 slaves from Africa.Senate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 46–52;House Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105, pp. 20–26.
1853.Jaspercarries slaves to Cuba.Senate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 52–7.
1853.Camargo,of Portland, Maine, lands 500 slaves in Brazil.Ibid., 33 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 47.
1854.Glamorgan,of New York, captured when about to embark nearly 700 slaves.Ibid., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 59–60.
1854.Grey Eagle,of Philadelphia, captured off Cuba by British cruiser.Ibid., pp. 61–3.
1854.Peerless,of New York, lands 350 Negroes in Cuba.Ibid., p. 66.
1854.Oregon,of New Orleans, trading to Cuba.Senate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99, pp. 69–70.
1856.Mary E. Smith,sailed from Boston in spite of efforts to detain her, and was captured with 387 slaves, by the Brazilian brig Olinda, at port of St. Matthews.Ibid., pp. 71–3.
1857.——. Twenty or more slavers from New York, New Orleans, etc.Ibid., 35 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 49, pp. 14–21, 70–1, etc.
1857.William ClarkandJupiter,of New Orleans,Eliza Jane,of New York,Jos. H. Record,of Newport, andOnward,of Boston, captured by British cruisers.Ibid., pp. 13, 25–6, 69, etc.
1857.James Buchanan,slaver, escapes under American colors, with 300 slaves.Ibid., p. 38.
1857.James Titers,of New Orleans, with 1200 slaves, captured by British cruiser.Ibid., pp. 31–4, 40–1.
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1857.——. Four New Orleans slavers on the African coast.Senate Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 1 sess., XII. No. 49, p. 30.
1857.Cortes,of New York, captured.Ibid., pp. 27–8.
1857.Charles,of Boston, captured by British cruisers, with about 400 slaves.Ibid., pp. 9, 13, 36, 69, etc.
1857.Adams GrayandW.D. Miller,of New Orleans, fully equipped slavers.Ibid., pp. 3–5, 13.
1857–8.Charlotte,of New York,Charles,of Maryland, etc., reported American slavers.Ibid., passim.
1858, Aug. 21.Echo,captured with 306 slaves, and brought to Charleston, South Carolina.House Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 2 sess. II. pt. 4, No. 2. pt. 4, pp. 5, 14.
1858, Sept. 8.Brothers,captured and sent to Charleston, South Carolina.Ibid., p. 14.
1858.Mobile,Cortez,Tropic Bird;cases of American slavers searched by British vessels.Ibid., 36 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 7, p. 97 ff.
1858.Wanderer,lands 500 slaves in Georgia.Senate Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 8;House Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 2 sess. IX. No. 89.
1859, Dec. 20.Delicia,supposed to be Spanish, but without papers; captured by a United States ship. The United States courts declared her beyond their jurisdiction.House Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 7, p. 434.
1860.Erie,with 897 Africans, captured by a United States ship.Senate Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, pp. 41–4.
1860.William,with 550 slaves,Wildfire,with 507, captured on the coast of Cuba.Senate Journal, 36 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 478–80, 492, 543, etc.;Senate Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. XI. No. 44;House Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 83; 36 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 11;House Reports, 36 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 602.
1861.Augusta,slaver, which, in spite of the efforts of the officials, started on her voyage.Senate Exec Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 40;New York Tribune, Nov. 26, 1861.
1861.Storm King,of Baltimore, lands 650 slaves in Cuba.Senate Exec. Doc., 38 Cong. 1 sess. No. 56, p. 3.
1862.Ocilla,of Mystic, Connecticut, lands slaves in Cuba.Ibid., pp. 8–13.
1864.Huntress,of New York, under the American flag, lands slaves in Cuba.Ibid., pp. 19–21.
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1806, Feb. 17.Report of the Committee appointed on the seventh instant, to inquire whether any, and if any, what Additional Provisions are necessary to Prevent the Importation of Slaves into the Territories of the United States.House Reports, 9 Cong. 1 sess. II.
1817, Feb. 11.Joint Resolution for abolishing the traffick in Slaves, and the Colinization [sic] of the Free People Of Colour of the United States.House Doc., 14 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 77.
1817, Dec. 15.Message from the President ... communicating Information of the Proceeding of certain Persons who took Possession of Amelia Island and of Galvezton, [sic] during the Summer of the Present Year, and made Establishments there.House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12. (Contains much evidence of illicit traffic.)
1818, Jan. 10.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.House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 46 (cf.House Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348).
1818, Jan. 13.Message from the President ... communicating information of the Troops of the United States having taken possession of Amelia Island, in East Florida.House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 47. (Contains correspondence.)
1819, Jan. 12.Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the instructions which have been issued to Naval Commanders, upon the subject of the Importation of Slaves, etc.House Doc., 15 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 84.
1819, Jan. 19.Extracts from Documents in the Departments of State, of the Treasury, and of the Navy, in relation to the Illicit Introduction of Slaves into the United States.House Doc., 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 100.
1819, Jan. 21.Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury ... in relation to Ships engaged in the Slave Trade, which have been Seized and Condemned, and the Disposition which has been made of the Negroes, by the several State Governments, under whose Jurisdiction they have fallen.House Doc., 15 Cong. 2 sess. VI. No. 107.
1820, Jan. 7.Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting information in relation to the Introduction of Slaves into the United States.House Doc., 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 36.
1820, Jan. 13.Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting ... Information in relation to the Illicit Introduction of Slaves into the United States, etc.,Ibid., No. 42.
1820, May 8.Report of the Committee to whom was referred ... so much of the President's Message as relates to the Slave Trade, etc.House Reports, 16 Cong. 1 sess. No. 97.
1821, Jan. 5.Message from the President ... transmitting ... Information on the Subject of the African Slave Trade.House Doc., 16 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 48.
1821, Feb. 7.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess. No. 92, pp. 15–21.
1821, Feb. 9.Report of the Committee to which was referred so much of the President's message as relates to the Slave Trade.House Reports, 16 Cong. 2 sess. No. 59.
1822, April 12.Report of the Committee on the Suppression of the Slave Trade. Also Report of 1821, Feb. 9, reprinted. (Contains discussion of the Right of Search,and papers on European Conference for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.)House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92.
1823, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 18 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, p. 111, ff.;Amer. State Papers, Naval Affairs, I. No. 258. (Contains reports on the establishment at Cape Mesurado.)1
1824, March 20.Message from the President ... in relation to the Suppression of the African Slave Trade.House Doc., 18 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 119. (Contains correspondence on the proposed treaty of 1824.)
1824, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.Amer. State Papers, Naval Affairs, I. No. 249.
1824, Dec. 7.Documents accompanying the Message of the President ... to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: Documents from the Department of State.House Doc., 18 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1. pp. 1–56. Reprinted inSenate Doc., 18 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1. (Matter on the treaty of 1824.)
1825, Feb. 16.Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the President's Message, of the 7th of December last, as relates to the Suppression of the Slave Trade.House Reports, 18 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 70 (Report favoring the treaty of 1824.)
1825, Dec. 2.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 19 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 1. p. 98.
1825, Dec. 27.Slave Trade: Message from the President ... communicating Correspondence with Great Britain in relation to the Convention for Suppressing the Slave Trade.House Doc., 19 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 16.
1826, Feb. 6.Appropriation—Slave Trade: Report of the Committee of Ways and Means on the subject of the estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1826.House Reports, 19 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 65. (Contains report of the Secretary of the Navy and account of expenditures for the African station.)
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1826, March 8.Slave Ships in Alabama: Message from the President ... in relation to the Cargoes of certain Slave Ships, etc.House Doc., 19 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 121; cf.Ibid., VIII. No. 126, and IX. Nos. 152, 163; alsoHouse Reports, 19 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 231. (Cases of the Constitution, Louisa, and Merino.)
1826, Dec. 2.Report of the Secretary of the Navy. (Part IV. of Documents accompanying the President's Message.)House Doc., 19 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 9, 10, 74–103.
1827, etc.Colonization Society: Reports, etc.House Doc., 19 Cong. 2 sess. IV. Nos. 64, 69; 20 Cong. 1 sess. III. Nos. 99, 126, and V. No. 193; 20 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 114, 127–8; 21 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, p. 211–18;House Reports, 19 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 101; 21 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 277, and III. No. 348; 22 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 277.
1827, Jan. 30.Prohibition of the Slave Trade: Statement showing the Expenditure of the Appropriation for the Prohibition of the Slave Trade, during the year 1826, and an Estimate for 1827.House Doc., 19 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 69.
1827, Dec. 1 and Dec. 4.Reports of the Secretary of the Navy.Amer. State Papers, Naval Affairs,III. Nos. 339, 340.
1827, Dec. 6.Message from the President ... transmitting ... a Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the expense annually incurred in carrying into effect the Act of March 2, 1819, for Prohibiting the Slave Trade.Senate Doc., 20 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 3.
1828, March 12.Recaptured Africans: Letter from the Secretary of the Navy ... in relation to ... Recaptured Africans.House Doc., 20 Cong. 1 sess. V. No. 193; cf.Ibid., 20 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 114, 127–8; alsoAmer. State Papers, Naval Affairs, III. No. 357.
1828, April 30.Africans at Key West: Message from the President ... relative to the Disposition of the Africans Landed at Key West.House Doc., 20 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 262.
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1828, Nov. 27.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.Amer. State Papers, Naval Affairs, III. No. 370.
1829, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 21 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, p. 40.
1830, April 7.Slave Trade ... Report: "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 certain free people of color of the State of Ohio, report," etc., 3 pp. Appendix. Collected and arranged by Samuel Burch. 290 pp.House Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348. (Contains a reprint of legislation and documents from 14 Cong. 2 sess. to 21 Cong. 1 sess. Very valuable.)
1830, Dec. 6.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 21 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 42–3;Amer. State Papers, Naval Affairs, III. No. 429 E.
1830, Dec. 6.Documents communicated to Congress by the President at the opening of the Second Session of the Twenty-first Congress, accompanying the Report of the Secretary of the Navy: Paper E. Statement of expenditures, etc., for the removal of Africans to Liberia.House Doc., 21 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 211–8.
1831, Jan. 18.Spanish Slave Ship Fenix: Message from the President ... transmitting Documents in relation to certain captives on board the Spanish slave vessel, called the Fenix.House Doc., 21 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 54;Amer. State Papers, Naval Affairs, III. No. 435.
1831–1835.Reports of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 22 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 45, 272–4; 22 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 48, 229; 23 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 1, pp. 238, 269; 23 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 315, 363; 24 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 336, 378. AlsoAmer. State Papers, Naval Affairs, IV. No. 457, R. Nos. 1, 2; No. 486, H. I.; No. 519, R.; No. 564, P.; No. 585, P.
1836, Jan. 26.Calvin Mickle, Ex'r of Nagle & De Frias.House Reports, 24 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 209. (Reports on claims connected with the captured slaver Constitution.)
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1836, Jan. 27, etc.[Reports from the Committee of Claims on cases of captured Africans.]House Reports, 24 Cong. 1 sess. I. Nos. 223, 268, and III. No. 574. No. 268 is reprinted inHouse Reports, 25 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 4.
1836, Dec. 3.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 24 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 450, 506.
1837, Feb. 14.Message from the President ... with copies of Correspondence in relation to the Seizure of Slaves on board the brigs "Encomium" and "Enterprise."Senate Doc., 24 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 174; cf.Ibid., 25 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 216.
1837–1839.Reports of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 25 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 3, pp. 762, 771, 850; 25 Cong. 3 sess. I. No. 2, p. 613; 26 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 534, 612.
1839.[L'Amistad Case.]House Doc., 26 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 185 (correspondence); 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 191 (correspondence); 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV No. 83;House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 20;House Reports, 26 Cong. 2 sess. No. 51 (case of altered Ms.); 28 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 426 (Report of Committee); 29 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 753 (Report of Committee);Senate Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 179 (correspondence);Senate Exec Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 29 (correspondence); 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 19;Senate Reports, 31 Cong. 2 sess. No. 301 (Report of Committee); 32 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 158 (Report of Committee); 35 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 36 (Report of Committee).
1840, May 18.Memorial of the Society of Friends, upon the subject of the foreign slave trade.House Doc., 26 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 211. (Results of certain investigations.)
1840, Dec. 5.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 405, 450.
1841, Jan. 20.Message from the President ... communicating ... copies of correspondence, imputing malpractices to the American consul at Havana, in regard to granting papers to vessels engaged in the slave-trade.Senate Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 125. (Contains much information.)
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1841, March 3.Search or Seizure of American Vessels, etc.: Message from the President ... transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to seizures or search of American vessels on the coast of Africa, etc.House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115 (elaborate correspondence). See alsoIbid., 27 Cong. 1 sess. No. 34;House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 478–755 (correspondence).
1841, Dec. 4.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 349, 351.
1842, Jan. 20.Message from the President ... communicating ... copies of correspondence in relation to the mutiny on board the brig Creole, and the liberation of the slaves who were passengers in the said vessel.Senate Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 51. See alsoIbid., III. No. 137;House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. I. No. 2, p. 114.
1842, May 10.Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in reference to the right of search, and the case of the American brig Creole.House Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 215. (Suggestive.)
1842, etc.[Quintuple Treaty and Cass's Protest: Messages of the President, etc.]House Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 249;Senate Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. II. No. 52, and IV. No. 223; 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377.
1842, June 10.Indemnities for slaves on board the Comet and Encomium: Report of the Secretary of State.House Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 242.
1842, Aug.Suppression of the African Slave Trade—Extradition: Case of the Creole, etc.House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 105–136. (Correspondence accompanying Message of President.)
1842, Dec.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. I. No. 2, p. 532.
1842, Dec. 30.Message from the President ... in relation to the strength and expense of the squadron to be employed on the coast of Africa.Senate Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. II. No. 20.
1843, Feb. 28.Construction of the Treaty of Washington, etc.: Message from the President ... transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 22d February, 1843.House Doc., 27Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 192.
1843, Feb. 28.African Colonization.... Report: "The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the friends of African colonization, assembled in convention in the city of Washington in May last, beg leave to submit the following report," etc. (16 pp.). Appendix. (1071 pp.).House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283 [Contents of Appendix: pp. 17–408, identical nearly with the Appendix toHouse Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348; pp. 408–478. Congressional history of the slave-trade, case of the Fenix, etc. (cf.House Doc., 21 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 54); pp. 478–729, search and seizure of American vessels (same asHouse Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 1–252); pp. 730–755, correspondence on British search of American vessels, etc.; pp. 756–61, Quintuple Treaty; pp. 762–3, President's Message on Treaty of 1842; pp. 764–96, correspondence on African squadron, etc.; pp. 796–1088, newspaper extracts on the slave-trade and on colonization, report of Colonization Society, etc.]
1843, Nov. 25.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 28 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 484–5.
1844, March 14.Message from the President ... communicating ... information in relation to the abuse of the flag of the United States in ... the African slave trade, etc.Senate Doc., 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 217.
1844, March 15.Report: "The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of ... John Hanes, ... praying an adjustment of his accounts for the maintenance of certain captured African slaves, ask leave to report," etc.Senate Doc., 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 194.
1844, May 4.African Slave Trade: Report: "The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the American Colonization Society and others, respectfully report," etc.House Reports, 28 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 469.
1844, May 22.Suppression of the Slave-Trade on the coast of Africa: Message from the President, etc.House Doc., 28Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 263.
1844, Nov. 25.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 28 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, p. 514.
1845, Feb. 20.Slave-Trade, etc.: Message from the President ... transmitting copies of despatches from the American minister at the court of Brazil, relative to the slave-trade, etc.House Doc., 28 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 148. (Important evidence, statistics, etc.)
1845, Feb. 26.Message from the President ... communicating ... information relative to the operations of the United States squadron, etc.Senate Doc., 28 Cong. 2 sess. IX. No. 150. (Contains reports of Commodore Perry, and statistics of Liberia.)
1845, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, p. 645.
1845, Dec. 22.African Slave-Trade: Message from the President ... transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, together with the correspondence of George W. Slacum, relative to the African slave trade.House Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 43. (Contains much information.)
1846, June 6.Message from the President ... communicating ... copies of the correspondence between the government of the United States and that of Great Britain, on the subject of the right of search; with copies of the protest of the American minister at Paris against the quintuple treaty, etc.Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377. Cf.Ibid., 27 Cong. 3 sess. II. No. 52, and IV. No. 223;House Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 249.
1846–1847, Dec.Reports of the Secretary of the Navy.House Doc., 29 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 4, p. 377; 30 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 8, p. 946.
1848, March 3.Message from the President ... communicating a report from the Secretary of State, with the correspondence of Mr. Wise, late United States minister to Brazil, in relation to the slave trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 28. (Full of facts.)
1848, May 12.Report of the Secretary of State, in relation to ... the seizure of the brig Douglass by a Britishcruiser.Senate Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 44.
1848, Dec. 4.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, pp. 605, 607.
1849, March 2.Correspondence between the Consuls of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, etc., with the Secretary of State, on the subject of the African Slave Trade: Message of the President, etc.House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61. (Contains much evidence.)
1849, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. III. pt. 1, No. 5, pt. 1, pp. 427–8.
1850, March 18.Report of the Secretary of the Navy, showing the annual number of deaths in the United States squadron on the coast of Africa, and the annual cost of that squadron.Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. X. No. 40.
1850, July 22.African Squadron: Message from the President ... transmitting Information in reference to the African squadron.House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. IX. No. 73. (Gives total expenses of the squadron, slavers captured, etc.)
1850, Aug. 2.Message from the President ... relative to the searching of American vessels by British ships of war.Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV. No. 66.
1850, Dec. 17.Message of the President ... communicating ... a report of the Secretary of State, with documents relating to the African slave trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 6.
1851–1853.Reports of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 1 sess. II. pt. 2, No. 2, pt. 2, pp. 4–5; 32 Cong. 2 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, p. 293; 33 Cong. 1 sess. I. pt. 3, No. 1, pt. 3, pp. 298–9.
1854, March 13.Message from the President ... communicating ... the correspondence between Mr. Schenck, United States Minister to Brazil, and the Secretary of State, in relation to the African slave trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 33 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 47.
1854, June 13.Report submitted by Mr. Slidell, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, on a resolution relative to the abrogation of the eighth article of thetreaty with Great Britain of the 9th of August, 1842, etc.Senate Reports, 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 195. (Injunction of secrecy removed June 26, 1856.)
1854–1855, Dec.Reports of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 33 Cong. 2 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, pp. 386–7; 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. pt. 3, No. 1, pt. 3, p. 5.
1856, May 19.Slave and Coolie Trade: Message from the President ... communicating information in regard to the Slave and Coolie trade.House Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105. (Partly reprinted inSenate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV No. 99.)
1856, Aug. 5.Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 24, calling for information relative to the coolie trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99. (Partly reprinted inHouse Exec Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105.)
1856, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 3 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, p. 407.
1857, Feb. 11.Slave Trade: Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade, etc.House Exec Doc., 34 Cong. 3 sess. IX. No. 70.
1857, Dec. 3.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec Doc., 35 Cong. 1 sess. II. pt. 3, No. 2, pt. 3, p. 576.
1858, April 23.Message of the President ... communicating ... reports of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers, in relation to the African slave trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 49. (Valuable.)
1858, Dec. 6.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 2 sess. II. pt. 4, No. 2, pt. 4, pp. 5, 13–4.
1859, Jan. 12.Message of the President ... relative to the landing of the barque Wanderer on the coast of Georgia, etc.Senate Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 8. See alsoHouse Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 2 sess. IX. No. 89.
1859, March 1.Instructions to African squadron: Message from the President, etc.House Exec. Doc., 35 Cong. 2 sess. IX. No. 104.
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1859, Dec. 2.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.Senate Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 2, pt. 3, pp. 1138–9, 1149–50.
1860, Jan. 25.Memorial of the American Missionary Association, praying the rigorous enforcement of the laws for the suppression of the African slave-trade, etc.Senate Misc. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. No. 8.
1860, April 24.Message from the President ... in answer to a resolution of the House calling for the number of persons ... belonging to the African squadron, who have died, etc.House Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 73.
1860, May 19.Message of the President ... relative to the capture of the slaver Wildfire, etc.Senate Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. XI. No. 44.
1860, May 22.Capture of the slaver "William": Message from the President ... transmitting correspondence relative to the capture of the slaver "William," etc.House Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 83.
1860, May 31.The Slave Trade ... Report: "The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 464, ... together with the messages of the President ... relative to the capture of the slavers 'Wildfire' and 'William,' ... respectfully report," etc.House Reports, 36 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 602.
1860, June 16.Recaptured Africans: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, on the subject of the return to Africa of recaptured Africans, etc.House Misc. Doc., 36 Cong. 1 sess. VII. No. 96. Cf.Ibid., No. 97, p. 2.
1860, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.Senate Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 2 sess. III. pt. 1, No. 1, pt. 3, pp. 8–9.
1860, Dec. 6.African Slave Trade: Message from the President ... transmitting ... a report from the Secretary of State in reference to the African slave trade.House Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 7. (Voluminous document, containing chiefly correspondence, orders, etc., 1855–1860.)
1860, Dec. 17.Deficiencies of Appropriation, etc.: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating estimates for deficiencies in the appropriation for thesuppression of the slave trade, etc.House Exec. Doc., 36 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 11. (Contains names of captured slavers.)
1861, July 4.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.Senate Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 1 sess. No. 1, pp. 92, 97.
1861, Dec. 2.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.Senate Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. Vol. III. pt. 1, No. 1, pt. 3, pp. 11, 21.
1861, Dec. 18.In Relation to Captured Africans: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior ... as to contracts for returning and subsistence of captured Africans.House Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 12.
1862, April 1.Letter of the Secretary of the Interior ... in relation to the slave vessel the "Bark Augusta."Senate Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 40.
1862, May 30.Letter of the Secretary of the Interior ... in relation to persons who have been arrested in the southern district of New York, from the 1st day of May, 1852, to the 1st day of May, 1862, charged with being engaged in the slave trade, etc.Senate Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 53.
1862, June 10.Message of the President ... transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 57. (Also contains correspondence.)
1862, Dec. 1.Report of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 1, pt. 3, p. 23.
1863, Jan. 7.Liberated Africans: Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior ... transmitting reports from Agent Seys in relation to care of liberated Africans.House Exec. Doc., 37 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 28.
1864, July 2.Message of the President ... communicating ... information in regard to the African slave trade.Senate Exec. Doc., 38 Cong. 1 sess. No. 56.
1866–69.Reports of the Secretary of the Navy.House Exec. Doc., 39 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 1, pt. 6, pp. 12, 18–9; 40 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 1, p. 11; 40 Cong. 3 sess. IV. No. 1, p. ix; 41 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, pp. 4, 5, 9, 10.
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1870, March 2.[Resolution on the slave-trade submitted to the Senate by Mr. Wilson].Senate Misc. Doc., 41 Cong. 2 sess. No. 66.