Wright submitted the following resolutions for the
consideration of the Senate....
"_Resolved_, That the migration or importation of slaves into the United
States, or any territory thereof, be prohibited after the first day of
January, 1808." Considered April 10, and further consideration postponed
until the first Monday in December next. _Senate Journal_ (repr. 1821),
9 Cong. 1 sess. IV. 76-7, 79; _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp.
229, 232.
~1806, Dec. 2. President Jefferson's Message.~
See above, pages 97-98. _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess. V.
468.
~1806, Dec. 15. Congress (House): Proposition on Slave-Trade.~
"A bill to prohibit the importation or bringing of slaves into the
United States, etc.," after Dec. 31, 1807. Finally merged into Senate
bill. _Ibid._, House Bill No. 148.
~1806, Dec. 17. Congress (House): Sloan's Proposition.~
Proposition to amend the House bill by inserting after the article
declaring the forfeiture of an illegally imported slave, "And such
person or slave shall be entitled to his freedom." Lost. _Annals of
Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 167-77, 180-89.
~1806, Dec. 29. Congress (House): Sloan's Second Proposition.~
Illegally imported Africans to be either freed, apprenticed, or
returned to Africa. Lost; Jan. 5, 1807, a somewhat similar proposition
was also lost.
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