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.