1848, May 12. Report of the Secretary of State, in relation to ... the seizure of the brig Douglass by a British cruiser. Senate Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 44.
1848, Dec. 4. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, pp. 605, 607.
1849, March 2. Correspondence between the Consuls of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, etc., with the Secretary of State, on the subject of the African Slave Trade: Message of the President, etc. House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61. (Contains much evidence.)
1849, Dec. 1. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. III. pt. 1, No. 5, pt. 1, pp. 427-8.
1850, March 18. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, showing the annual number of deaths in the United States squadron on the coast of Africa, and the annual cost of that squadron. Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. X. No. 40.
1850, July 22. African Squadron: Message from the President ... transmitting Information in reference to the African squadron. House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. IX. No. 73. (Gives total expenses of the squadron, slavers captured, etc.)
1850, Aug. 2. Message from the President ... relative to the searching of American vessels by British ships of war. Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV. No. 66.
1850, Dec. 17. Message of the President ... communicating ... a report of the Secretary of State, with documents relating to the African slave trade. Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 6.
1851-1853. Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 1 sess. II. pt. 2, No. 2, pt. 2, pp. 4-5; 32 Cong. 2 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, p. 293; 33 Cong. 1 sess. I. pt. 3, No. 1, pt. 3, pp. 298-9.
1854, March 13. Message from the President ... communicating ... the correspondence between Mr. Schenck, United States Minister to Brazil, and the Secretary of State, in relation to the African slave trade. Senate Exec. Doc., 33 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 47.
1854, June 13. Report submitted by Mr. Slidell, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, on a resolution relative to the abrogation of the eighth article of the treaty with Great Britain of the 9th of August, 1842, etc. Senate Reports, 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 195. (Injunction of secrecy removed June 26, 1856.)
1854-1855, Dec. Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 33 Cong. 2 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, pp. 386-7; 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. pt. 3, No. 1, pt. 3, p. 5.
1856, May 19. Slave and Coolie Trade: Message from the President ... communicating information in regard to the Slave and Coolie trade. House Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105. (Partly reprinted in Senate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV No. 99.)