Transcription of CONGRMS) REPRESENTATIVES. 18t - ibiblio
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36 THCONGRMS) :E.[ ]MA1AY31, ,fromtheCommitteeonthleJudiciary, , ,beingabilltoamendanactentitled"An,actin additiontotheactsprohibitingtheslavetrad e,"togetherwiththemessagesqfthePresident oftheI/niediStatesrelativetothecaptureof theslaversildjire"and"WYilltiam,"nearthe coastofCuba,havinghadthesameunderconside ration,Tespectfullyreportliytheactentitl ed"Anactinadditiontotheactsprohibitingth eSlavetrade,"approvedMarch3,1819,thePres idefttof'theUnitedStateswasautihorizedl, wvheneverlieShoulddeem,itexpedient,tocau seanyofthearmedvee1sof'thtehUnitedStates tocruiseonlanyOftilecoast",ot'theUnitedS tatesortheTerritoriesthereof, 'Afriaorelsewhere,wherelemaonyjldgdattem ptsmaybemadetocarryottthleSlavetradebyci tizensof'theUnitedStatesincontraven-tiol noftheactsof'CongressprohibitingtheSame, andto-instructthlecommallnlersof'thevess elsW1ijImaybeemployedinthisservicetofseo zeand(b)ring,intoanyportof'theUnitedStat esallShipsorvesselsofthoUnitedStatesfiol undengagedinthleprosecutionofthoslavetra de, 'heactfurtherpro-videsforthlecondeninati onoftileslaveovesselandcargo,andfi6rtile deliveryof'thenegroes,mulattoes,andperso nsofcolor'.
THlE SI.AVE TRADE. person or persons residing upon the coastof Africa, asagentor agents for receiving the negroes, mulattoes, or personsofcolor delivered from. on board vessels seized in the l)rosecution of the slave trade by com- manders ofthe arme(l vessels of the United States. These appear to be all the provisions of' the act material to be now considered. Soon after the passage of this ...
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