314.
~1827, Sept. 15. Texas: Decree against Slave-Trade.~
"The Congress of the State of Coahuila and Texas decrees as follows:"
Art. 1. All slaves to be registered.
Art. 2, 3. Births and deaths to be recorded.
Art. 4. "Those who introduce slaves, after the expiration of the term
specified in article 13 of the Constitution, shall be subject to the
penalties established by the general law of the 13th of July, 1824."
_Ibid._, pp. 78-9.
~1828, Feb. 25. Congress (House): Proposed Bill to Abolish African
Agency, etc.~
"Mr. McDuffie, from the Committee of Ways and Means, ... reported the
following bill:
"A bill to abolish the Agency of the United States on the Coast of
Africa, to provide other means of carrying into effect the laws
prohibiting the slave trade, and for other purposes." This bill was
amended so as to become the act of May 24, 1828 (see below). _House
Reports_, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348, p. 278.
~1828, May 24. United States Statute: Appropriation.~
"An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade."
_Statutes at Large_, IV. 302; _House Journal_, 20 Cong. 1 sess., House
Bill No. 190.
~1829, Jan. 28. Congress (House): Bill to Amend Act of 1807.~
The Committee on Commerce reported "a bill (No. 399) to amend an act,
entitled 'An act to prohibit the importation of slaves,'" etc.
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