1817, July 28. [Great Britain and Portugal:  First Concession of Right of Search.

“By this treaty, ships of war of each of the nations might visit merchant vessels of both, if suspected of having slaves on board, acquired by illicit traffic.”  This “related only to the trade north of the equator; for the slave-trade of Portugal within the regions of western Africa, to the south of the equator, continued long after this to be carried on with great vigor.”  Woolsey, International Law (1874), Sec. 197, pp. 331-2; British and Foreign State Papers, 1816-17, pp. 85-118.]

1817, Sept. 23. [Great Britain and Spain:  Abolition of Trade North of Equator.

“By the treaty of Madrid, ...  Great Britain obtained from Spain, for the sum of four hundred thousand pounds, the immediate abolition of the trade north of the equator, its entire abolition after 1820, and the concession of the same mutual right of search, which the treaty with Portugal had just established.”  Woolsey, International Law (1874), Sec. 197, p. 332; British and Foreign State Papers, 1816-17, pp. 33-74.]

1817, Dec. 2.  President Monroe’s Message on Amelia Island, etc.

“A just regard for the rights and interests of the United States required that they [i.e., the Amelia Island and Galveston pirates] should be suppressed, and orders have been accordingly issued to that effect.  The imperious considerations which produced this measure will be explained to the parties whom it may, in any degree, concern.” House Journal, 15 Cong. 1 sess. p. 11.

1817, Dec. 19.  Georgia:  Act to Dispose of Illegally Imported Slaves.

“An Act for disposing of any such negro, mulatto, or person of color, who has been or may hereafter be imported or brought into this State in violation of an act of the United States, entitled an act to prohibit the importation of slaves,” etc.

Sec. 1.  The governor by agent shall receive such Negroes, and,

Sec. 2. sell them, or,

Sec. 3. give them to the Colonization Society to be transported, on condition that the Society reimburse the State for all expense, and transport them at their own cost.  Prince, Digest, p. 793.

1818, Jan. 10.  Congress (House):  Bill to Supplement Act of 1807.

Mr. Middleton, from the committee on so much of the President’s Message as related to the illicit introduction of slaves into the United States from Amelia Island, reported a bill in addition to former acts prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the United States.  This was read twice and committed; April 1 it was considered in Committee of the Whole; Mr. Middleton offered a substitute, which was ordered to be laid on table and to be printed; it became the Act of 1819.  See below, March 3, 1819. House Journal, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 131, 410.

1818, Jan. 13.  President Monroe’s Special Message.