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SLAVERY Continued. 



African slave trade, report from Secretary of State. 1SGO. 648 pages. 

 (36th Cong. 2d sess., H. Ex. Doc. 7. Bound with other docs. ; serial no. 

 1095.) Sheep, $1.25. 



Efforts to prevent capturing of slaves on the coast of Africa by American 



vessels. 



Emancipation. Freedom of soldier's families. General debate in Senate. 

 Jan. 9, 1865. (In Congressional Globe, vol. 35, pt. 1, pages 158 to 168.) 

 leather, $1.50. X 138 



In the discussion of a bill to grant freedom to the families of slaves who had 

 enlistod in the Union Army, the question of the right of the Government to 

 liberate slaves was discussed. 



Emancipation. Report amending bill for celebration of semicentennial 

 anniversary of act of emancipation [to be held in 1913.] 1912. 7 pages. 

 (62d Cong. 2d sess., S. Rept. 31lT> Paper, 5c. 



Emancipation. Report of committee to inquire into plan for gradual eman- 

 cipation of African slaves and extinction of slavery in Delaware, Mary- 

 land, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. 1862. 83 pages. 

 (37th Cong. 2d sess., H. Rept. 148. Bound with other reports; serial no. 

 1145.) Sheep, $1.50. 



Fugitives. Report on petition for repeal of Fugitive Slave Acts of 1850 

 and 1793. 34 pages. (38th Cong. 1st sess., S. Rept. 24. Bound with 

 other reports; serial no. 1178.) Sheep, $1.50. 



Includes majority and minority reports, each summarizing slavery legislation. 



Missouri Compromise. Alexander H. Stephens to editor of Federal Union, 

 Aug. 30, 1848 [upholding slavery in Territories]. (In American His- 

 torical Association Report, 1911, vol. 2, pages 117 to 124.) Cloth, 65c. 



SI 4.1 : 911 2 

 Many other references to the slavery question are found in the same volume. 



Missouri Compromise. Side lights on Missouri Compromises; by F. H. 

 Hodder. (In American Historical Association Report, 1909, pages 151 

 to 161.) Cloth, 75c. 814.1:909 



Views from Missouri standpoint. 



On the economics of slavery, 1815-1860; by U. B. Phillips. (In American 

 Historical Association Report, 1912, pages 150 and 151.) Cloth, 65c. 



SI 4.1. 912 



Report by Charles Sumner on bill to secure equality before the law in 

 courts of United States, with historical and legal discussion of treat- 

 ment of testimony of slaves in court. 1864. 28 pages. (38th Cong. 1st 

 sess., S. Rept. 25. Bound with other reports; serial no. 1178.) Sheep, 

 $1.50. 



A letter by Chief Justice Appleton of Maine is appended. The legal status of 

 Indians as well as slaves of all nationalities is considered. 



Statistics of slaves, 1790-1860. (In Century of Population Growth, pages 

 132 to 141 and 282 to 298.) Cloth, $1.10. C 3.2 : P 81 



Wilinot Proviso. "Bargain of 1844" as origin of Wilmot proviso; by 

 Clark E. Persinger. (In American Historical Association Report, 1911, 

 vol. 1, pages 187 to 195.) Cloth, 75c. SI 4.1 : 911 1 



The " bargain " was the plank in the Democratic convention calling for the 

 annexation of Texas and Oregon, the latter as free territory to counterbalance the 

 additional slave-holding territory of Texas. 



Wilmot Proviso. Henry L. Benning to Howell Cobb, Feb. 23, 1848 [giving 

 views on course to be pursued by Democratic party, regarding slavery in 

 Territories]. (In American Historical Association Report, 1911, vol. 2, 

 pages 97 to 103.) Cloth, 65c. SI 4.1 : 911 2 



Many references to the issues of the Democratic party from 1848 to 1880 

 are found in the same volume. 



See also Calhoun, John C. Chase, Salmon P. Colonies Conduct of War, 

 1863, vol. 3 Georgia Jay's Treaty President, annual messages, 1856- 

 60 South. 



SMITH, MAJ.-GEN. W. F. See Civil War, Chattanooga campaign. 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. See Henry, Joseph Library of Congress. 

 See also Price List 56, Smithsonian Institution Reports. 



SMOOT, REED. See Patriotic addresses Utah. 

 " SNOWSHOE THOMPSON." See Nevada. 



