“I have the satisfaction to inform Congress, that the establishment at Amelia Island has been suppressed, and without the effusion of blood.  The papers which explain this transaction, I now lay before Congress,” etc. Ibid., pp. 137-9.

1818, Feb. 9.  Congress (Senate):  Bill to Register (?) Slaves.

“A bill respecting the transportation of persons of color, for sale, or to be held to labor.”  Passed Senate, dropped in House; similar bill Dec. 9, 1818, also dropped in House. Senate Journal, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 147, 152, 157, 165, 170, 188, 201, 203, 232, 237; 15 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 63, 74, 77, 202, 207, 285, 291, 297; House Journal, 15 Cong. 1 sess. p. 332; 15 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 303, 305, 316.

1818, April 4.  Congress (House):  Proposition to Amend Constitution.

Mr. Livermore’s resolution:—­

“No person shall be held to service or labour as a slave, nor shall slavery be tolerated in any state hereafter admitted into the Union, or made one of the United States of America.”  Read, and on the question, “Will the House consider the same?” it was determined in the negative. House Journal, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 420-1; Annals of Cong., 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 1675-6.

1818, April 20.  United States Statute:  Act in Addition to Act of 1807.

“An Act in addition to ’An act to prohibit the introduction [importation] of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight,’ and to repeal certain parts of the same.” Statutes at Large, III. 450.  For proceedings in Congress, see Senate Journal, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 243, 304, 315, 333, 338, 340, 348, 377, 386, 388, 391, 403, 406; House Journal, 15 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 450, 452, 456, 468, 479, 484, 492,505.

1818, May 4. [Great Britain and Netherlands:  Treaty.

Right of Search granted for the suppression of the slave-trade. British and Foreign State Papers, 1817-18, pp. 125-43.]

1818, Dec. 19.  Georgia:  Act of 1817 Reinforced.

No title found. “Whereas numbers of African slaves have been illegally introduced into the State, in direct violation of the laws of the United States and of this State, Be it therefore enacted,” etc.  Informers are to receive one-tenth of the net proceeds from the sale of illegally imported Africans, “Provided, nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to extend farther back than the year 1817.”  Prince, Digest, p. 798.

1819, Feb. 8.  Congress (Senate):  Bill in Addition to Former Acts.

“A bill supplementary to an act, passed the 2d day of March, 1807, entitled,” etc.  Postponed. Senate Journal, 15 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 234, 244, 311-2, 347.

1819, March 3.  United States Statute:  Cruisers Authorized, etc.