| United States. Congress. House - Government publications - 1824 - 924 pages
...DC,— Continued. Description of book. Volume. Number. 1 23 memorial of inhabitants of, in relation to the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia - Ex. Doc. 4 140 1 22 Watts, Archibald, revolutionary certificate Rep. Com. 1 165 1 23 Waterman,... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1825 - 778 pages
...all numerously subscribed, from sundry inhabitants of Pennsylvania, all of the same purport, praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and moved tliat the first of them should be read; and it was read accordingly. Mr. A. then... | |
| United States - 1833 - 670 pages
...signatures of more than one thousand citizens of Pennsylvania, praying for the enactment of a law or laws for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Although it was not likely, at this late period of the session, and at a time when the attention... | |
| United States - 1886 - 684 pages
...was not made responsible for its propositions, presented a petition signed by 172 females, praying the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and moved that it be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Mr. CRAMER moved... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1835 - 720 pages
...presented a memorial, signed by eight hundred and sixteen ladies residing in the city of New York, praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Mr. Dickson presented a memorial of inhabitants of the city of New York, praying for the... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1835 - 1436 pages
...petition of citizens of Mercer county, in the State of Pennsylvania. Petitionsand memorials praying for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and in the Territories under the jurisdiction of the United States, were presented as follows:... | |
| Antislavery movements - 1836 - 92 pages
...societies, encouraged by the success of the last year, should exert themselves with redoubled zeal to efiect the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. ' Resolved, That the people of the United States in tolerating a domestic slave trade, incur... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1837 - 104 pages
...on Foreign Relations. Mr. Davis presented the petition of a number of the women of Uxbridge, praying the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. Ordered, That they lie on the table. That the petition be not received. On motion by Mr.... | |
| John Quincy Adams - Petition, Right of - 1838 - 144 pages
...presented by him, should be referred to a select committee, with instruction to report a bill providing for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia. While Mr. SLADE was supporting this motion, in the regular course of debate, a question of... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1838 - 528 pages
...York, and the petition of a number of the inhabitants of Wcstbloomfield, New York, severally praying the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and Territories of the United States, and the slave trade between the States ; the petition... | |
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