_, 10 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1243; 11 Cong. 1 sess.
pp. 34, 36-9, 41, 43, 48, 49, 380, 465, 688, 706, 2209; _House
Journal_ (repr. 1826), II Cong. 1-2 sess. VII. 100, 102, 124,
etc., and Index, Senate Bill No. 8. Cf. _Amer. State Papers,
Miscellaneous_, II. No. 269. There was also one proposed
amendment to make the prohibition perpetual: _Amer. State
Papers, Miscellaneous_, I. No. 244.
[66] Toulmin, _Digest of the Laws of Alabama_, p. 637.
[67] _Laws of North Carolina_ (revision of 1819), II. 1350.
[68] Prince, _Digest_, p. 793.
[69] Fowler, _Historical Status of the Negro in Connecticut_,
in _Local Law_, etc., pp. 122, 126.
[70] _House Reports_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, p. 32.
[71] _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 11 Cong. 3 sess. VII. p.
435.
[72] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 84, p. 5.
[73] See, e.g., _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 11 Cong. 3 sess.
VII. p. 575.
[74] Drake, _Revelations of a Slave Smuggler_, p. 51. Parts of
this narrative are highly colored and untrustworthy; this
passage, however, has every earmark of truth, and is confirmed
by many incidental allusions.
[75] For accounts of these slavers, see _House Reports_, 17
Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, pp. 30-50. The "Paz" was an armed
slaver flying the American flag.
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