1828, May 24.  United States Statute:  Appropriation.

“An Act making an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade.” Statutes at Large, IV. 302; House Journal, 20 Cong. 1 sess., House Bill No. 190.

1829, Jan. 28.  Congress (House):  Bill to Amend Act of 1807.

The Committee on Commerce reported “a bill (No. 399) to amend an act, entitled ‘An act to prohibit the importation of slaves,’” etc.  Referred to Committee of the Whole. House Journal, 20 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 58, 84, 215.  Cf. Ibid., 20 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 121, 135.

1829, March 2.  United States Statute:  Appropriation.

“An Act making additional appropriations for the support of the navy,” etc.

“For the reimbursement of the marshal of Florida for expenses incurred in the case of certain Africans who were wrecked on the coast of the United States, and for the expense of exporting them to Africa,” $16,000. Statutes at Large, IV. 353, 354.

1830, April 7.  Congress (House):  Resolution against Slave-Trade.

Mr. Mercer reported the following resolution:—­

“Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to consult and negotiate with all the Governments where Ministers of the United States are, or shall be accredited, on the means of effecting an entire and immediate abolition of the African slave trade; and especially, on the expediency, with that view, of causing it to be universally denounced as piratical.”  Referred to Committee of the Whole; no further action recorded. House Journal, 21 Cong. 1 sess. p. 512.

1830, April 7.  Congress (House):  Proposition to Amend Act of March 3, 1819.

Mr. Mercer, from the committee to which was referred the memorial of the American Colonization Society, and also memorials, from the inhabitants of Kentucky and Ohio, reported with a bill (No. 412) to amend “An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade,” passed March 3, 1819.  Read twice and referred to Committee of the Whole. Ibid.

1830, May 31.  Congress (Statute):  Appropriation.

“An Act making a re-appropriation of a sum heretofore appropriated for the suppression of the slave trade.” Statutes at Large, IV. 425; Senate Journal, 21 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 359, 360, 383; House Journal, 21 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 624, 808-11.

1830. [Brazil:  Prohibition of Slave-Trade.

Slave-trade prohibited under severe penalties.]

1831, 1833. [Great Britain and France:  Treaty Granting Right of Search.

Convention between Great Britain and France granting a mutual limited Right of Search on the East and West coasts of Africa, and on the coasts of the West Indies and Brazil. British and Foreign State Papers, 1830-1, p. 641 ff; 1832-3, p. 286 ff.]