" _House Journal_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. p.
22.
~1822, April 12. Congress (House): Proposed Resolution.~
"_Resolved_, That the President of the United States be requested to
enter into such arrangements as he may deem suitable and proper, with
one or more of the maritime powers of Europe, for the effectual
abolition of the slave trade." _House Reports_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No.
92, p. 4; _Annals of Cong._, 17 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1538.
~1822, June 18. Mississippi: Act on Importation, etc.~
"An act, to reduce into one, the several acts, concerning slaves, free
negroes, and mulattoes."
Sec. 2. Slaves born and resident in the United States, and not criminals,
may be imported.
Sec. 3. No slave born or resident outside the United States shall be
brought in, under penalty of $1,000 per slave. Travellers are excepted.
_Revised Code of the Laws of Mississippi_ (Natchez, 1824), p. 369.
~1822, Dec. 3. President Monroe's Message.~
"A cruise has also been maintained on the coast of Africa, when the
season would permit, for the suppression of the slave-trade; and orders
have been given to the commanders of all our public ships to seize our
own vessels, should they find any engaged in that trade, and to bring
them in for adjudication." _House Journal_, 17 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 12, 21.
~1823, Jan. 1. Alabama: Act to Dispose of Illegally Imported Slaves.
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