424; XIV.
226, 415; XV. 58, 321. The sum of $250,000 was also
appropriated to return the slaves on the "Wildfire": _Ibid._,
XII. 40-41.
[93] _Statutes at Large_, XII. 368-9.
[94] _Senate Exec. Doc._, 37 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, pp.
453-4.
[95] _Statutes at Large_, XII. 531.
[96] For a time not exceeding five years: _Ibid._, pp. 592-3.
[97] By section 9 of an appropriation act for civil expenses,
July 2, 1864: _Ibid._, XIII. 353.
[98] British officers attested this: _Diplomatic
Correspondence_, 1862, p. 285.
[99] _Report of the Secretary of the Navy_, 1866; _House Exec.
Doc._, 39 Cong. 2 sess. IV. p. 12.
[100] There were some later attempts to legislate. Sumner
tried to repeal the Act of 1803: _Congressional Globe_, 41
Cong. 2 sess. pp. 2894, 2932, 4953, 5594. Banks introduced a
bill to prohibit Americans owning or dealing in slaves abroad:
_House Journal_, 42 Cong. 2 sess. p. 48. For the legislation
of the Confederate States, cf. Mason, _Veto Power_, 2d ed.,
Appendix C, No. 1.
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_Chapter XII_
THE ESSENTIALS IN THE STRUGGLE.
92. How the Question Arose.
93. The Moral Movement.
94. The Political Movement.
95. The Economic Movement.
96. The Lesson for Americans.
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