Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information called for, by the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 4th instant, in relation to ships engaged in the slave trade, which have been seized and condemned, and the disposition which has been made of the Negroes, by the several state governments, under whose jurisdiction they have fallen. : January 21, 1819. Read, and referred to the committee of the whole House, to which is committed the bill supplementary to the acts prohibiting the importation of slaves.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Department of the Treasury.

Contributor:

Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834.

United States. Congress 1818-1819). House.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 49849.

House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 15th Congress, 2nd session, no. 107.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--United States.

Slave trade.

Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc.

Enslaved persons.

United States.

Seizure of vessels and cargoes.

Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Physical Description:

9 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.]: : Printed by E. De Krafft., 1819.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

At head of title, in square brackets: 107.

Letter addressed to the speaker of the House of Representatives and signed on p. 3: Wm. H. Crawford.

Last page blank.

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