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Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the acting Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of twenty-fourth Oct. last, requesting the President of the United States to lay before the Senate (provided he shall not consider the same improper to be communicated) the proof of any traffic carried on in the West Indies, by the sale of Negroes, taken from the United States, by the British forces since the present war. : March 2, 1815. : Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Department of State.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 36324.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--United States.
- Slavery.
- Slave trade.
- United States.
- Slavery--Virginia.
- Slavery--West Indies.
- West Indies.
- Slave trade--Bahamas.
- Slave trade--West Indies.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- International relations.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Bahamas.
- Virginia.
- Genre:
- Congressional addresses -- 1815.
- Physical Description:
- 8 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington City [D.C.]: : Printed by Roger C. Weightman., 1815.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Letter of transmittal signed: James Madison. February 28, 1815. The report is signed: Jas. Monroe. Department of State, February 28th, 1815.
- Includes correspondence regarding an affidavit of a Capt. Williams, transmitted to the executive by St. George Tucker, regarding the sale in the Bahamas of slaves taken from the Norfolk and Hampton areas.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 36324).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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