The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America eBook

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The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 426 pages of information about The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America.

      2.  That they be forfeited and left to the disposal of the
      States (proposed by Bidwell and Early:  Ibid., pp. 181, 221,
      477.  This was the final settlement.)

      3.  That they be forfeited and sold, and that the proceeds go
      to charities, education, or internal improvements (Early,
      Holland, and Masters:  Ibid., p. 273).

      4.  That they be forfeited and indentured for life (Alston and
      Bidwell:  Ibid., pp. 170-1).

      5.  That they be forfeited and indentured for 7, 8, or 10
      years (Pitkin:  Ibid., p. 186).

6.  That they be forfeited and given into the custody of the President, and by him indentured in free States for a term of years (bill reported from the Senate Jan. 28:  House Journal (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess.  V. 575; Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 477.  Cf. also Ibid., p. 272).

      7.  That the Secretary of the Treasury dispose of them, at his
      discretion, in service (Quincy:  Ibid., p. 183).

      8.  That those imported into slave States be returned to
      Africa or bound out in free States (Sloan:  Ibid., p. 254).

      9.  That all be sent back to Africa (Smilie:  Ibid., p. 176).

      10.  That those imported into free States be free, those
      imported into slave States be returned to Africa or indentured
      (Sloan:  Ibid., p. 226).

      11.  That they be forfeited but not sold (Sloan and others: 
      Ibid., p. 270).

      12.  That they be free (Sloan:  Ibid., p. 168; Bidwell: 
      House Journal (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess.  V. 515).

  [5] Bidwell, Cook, and others:  Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2
      sess. p. 201.

  [6] Bidwell:  Ibid., p. 172.

  [7] Fisk:  Ibid., pp. 224-5; Bidwell:  Ibid., p. 221.

  [8] Quincy:  Ibid., p. 184.

  [9] Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 478; Bidwell: 
      Ibid., p. 171.

 [10] Ibid., p. 172.

 [11] Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 173-4.

 [12] Alston:  Ibid., p. 170.

 [13] D.R.  Williams:  Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 183.

 [14] Early:  Ibid., pp. 184-5.

 [15] Lloyd, Early, and others:  Ibid., p. 203.

 [16] Alston:  Ibid., p. 170.

 [17] Quincy:  Ibid., p. 222; Macon:  Ibid., p. 225.

 [18] Macon:  Ibid., p. 177.

 [19] Barker:  Ibid., p. 171; Bidwell:  Ibid., p. 172.

 [20] Clay, Alston, and Early:  Ibid., p. 266.

 [21] Clay, Alston, and Early:  Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2
      sess. p. 266.

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