2. "_Resolved_, That it is expedient so to modify the said act of the 3d
of March, 1819, as to release the United States from all obligation to
support the negroes already removed to the coast of Africa, and to
provide for such a disposition of those taken in slave ships who now are
in, or who may be, hereafter, brought into the United States, as shall
secure to them a fair opportunity of obtaining a comfortable
subsistence, without any aid from the public treasury." Read and laid on
the table. _Ibid._, p. 258.
~1826, March 14. United States Statute: Appropriation.~
"An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy," etc.
"For the agency on the coast of Africa, for receiving the negroes,"
etc., $32,000. _Statutes at Large_, IV. 140, 141.
~1827, March 2. United States Statute: Appropriation.~
"An Act making appropriations for the support of the Navy," etc.
"For the agency on the coast of Africa," etc., $56,710. _Ibid._, W. 206,
208.
~1827, March 11. Texas: Introduction of Slaves Prohibited.~
Constitution of the State of Coahuila and Texas. Preliminary
Provisions:--
Art. 13. "From and after the promulgation of the constitution in the
capital of each district, no one shall be born a slave in the state, and
after six months the introduction of slaves under any pretext shall not
be permitted." _Laws and Decrees of Coahuila and Texas_ (Houston, 1839),
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