_House Journal_,
34 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 111-3; _Congressional Globe_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. pp.
125-6.
~1856, Dec. 15. Congress (House): Reopening of Slave-Trade.~
"_Resolved_, That the House of Representatives, expressing, as they
believe, public opinion both North and South, are utterly opposed to the
reopening of the slave trade." Offered by Mr. Boyce; not voted upon.
_Congressional Globe_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. p. 125.
~1857. South Carolina: Report of Legislative Committee.~
Special committee of seven on the slave-trade clause in the Governor's
message report: majority report of six members, favoring the reopening
of the African slave-trade; minority report of Pettigrew, opposing it.
_Report of the Special Committee_, etc., published in 1857.
~1857, March 3. United States Statute: Appropriation.~
To carry out the Act of March 3, 1819, and subsequent acts, $8,000.
_Statutes at Large_, XI. 227; _House Journal_, 34 Cong. 3 sess. p. 397.
Cf. _House Exec. Doc._, 34 Cong. 3 sess. IX. No. 70.
~1858, March (?). Louisiana: Bill to Import Africans.~
Passed House; lost in Senate by two votes. Cf. _Congressional Globe_, 35
Cong. 1 sess. p. 1362.
~1858, Dec. 6. President Buchanan's Message.~
"The truth is, that Cuba in its existing colonial condition, is a
constant source of injury and annoyance to the American people.
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