laws of relief from this bill:  see, e.g.,
      Annals of Cong., 10 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1243; 11 Cong. 1 sess.
      pp. 34, 36-9, 41, 43, 48, 49, 380, 465, 688, 706, 2209; House
      Journal (repr. 1826), II Cong. 1-2 sess.  VII. 100, 102, 124,
      etc., and Index, Senate Bill No. 8.  Cf. Amer.  State Papers,
      Miscellaneous, II.  No. 269.  There was also one proposed
      amendment to make the prohibition perpetual:  Amer.  State
      Papers, Miscellaneous, I. No. 244.

 [66] Toulmin, Digest of the Laws of Alabama, p. 637.

 [67] Laws of North Carolina (revision of 1819), II. 1350.

 [68] Prince, Digest, p. 793.

 [69] Fowler, Historical Status of the Negro in Connecticut,
      in Local Law, etc., pp. 122, 126.

 [70] House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess.  II.  No. 92, p. 32.

 [71] House Journal (repr. 1826), 11 Cong. 3 sess.  VII. p.
      435.

 [72] House Doc., 15 Cong. 2 sess.  IV.  No. 84, p. 5.

 [73] See, e.g., House Journal (repr. 1826), 11 Cong. 3 sess. 
      VII. p. 575.

 [74] Drake, Revelations of a Slave Smuggler, p. 51.  Parts of
      this narrative are highly colored and untrustworthy; this
      passage, however, has every earmark of truth, and is confirmed
      by many incidental allusions.

 [75] For accounts of these slavers, see House Reports, 17
      Cong. 1 sess.  II.  No. 92, pp. 30-50.  The “Paz” was an armed
      slaver flying the American flag.

 [76] Said to be owned by an Englishman, but fitted in America
      and manned by Americans.  It was eventually captured by H.M.S. 
      “Bann,” after a hard fight.

 [77] Also called Spanish schooner “Triumvirate,” with American
      supercargo, Spanish captain, and American, French, Spanish,
      and English crew.  It was finally captured by a British vessel.

 [78] An American slaver of 1814, which was boarded by a
      British vessel.  All the above cases, and many others, were
      proven before British courts.

 [79] House Reports, 17 Cong. 1 sess.  II.  No. 92, p. 51.

 [80] House Doc., 15 Cong. 1 sess.  II.  No. 12, pp. 22, 38. 
      This slaver was after capture sent to New Orleans,—­an
      illustration of the irony of the Act of 1807.

 [81] House Journal, 14 Cong. 2 sess. p. 15.

 [82] House Doc., 16 Cong. 1 sess.  III.  No. 36, p. 5.

 [83] Ibid., 15 Cong. 1 sess.  II.  No. 12, pp. 8-14.  See
      Chew’s letter of Oct. 17, 1817:  Ibid., pp. 14-16.

 [84] By the secret Joint Resolution and Act of 1811 (Statutes
      at Large, III. 471), Congress gave the President power to
      suppress the Amelia Island establishment, which was then
      notorious.  The capture was not accomplished until 1817.