The papers which explain this transaction, I now lay before Congress,"
etc. _Ibid._, pp. 137-9.
~1818, Feb. 9. Congress (Senate): Bill to Register (?) Slaves.~
"A bill respecting the transportation of persons of color, for sale, or
to be held to labor." Passed Senate, dropped in House; similar bill Dec.
9, 1818, also dropped in House. _Senate Journal_, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp.
147, 152, 157, 165, 170, 188, 201, 203, 232, 237; 15 Cong. 2 sess. pp.
63, 74, 77, 202, 207, 285, 291, 297; _House Journal_, 15 Cong. 1 sess.
p. 332; 15 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 303, 305, 316.
~1818, April 4. Congress (House): Proposition to Amend Constitution.~
Mr. Livermore's resolution:--
"No person shall be held to service or labour as a slave, nor shall
slavery be tolerated in any state hereafter admitted into the Union, or
made one of the United States of America." Read, and on the question,
"Will the House consider the same?" it was determined in the negative.
_House Journal_, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 420-1; _Annals of Cong._, 15 Cong.
1 sess. pp. 1675-6.
~1818, April 20. United States Statute: Act in Addition to Act of 1807.~
"An Act in addition to 'An act to prohibit the introduction
[importation] of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction
of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight,' and to repeal
certain parts of the same.
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