...was adopted : Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquir into the expediency of amending the act, entitled " An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year...

...modification proposed by 'ta joint committee of conference to the amendments of this House to the bill, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States. from and after the first day of January, in 'he year...

...which has any bearing on the conduct of General Mitchell, is the act of Congress of the 2d March, 1807, entitled " An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the 1st January, 1808." This act, after...

...concurrence of the Senate. They insist on their amendment, disagreed to by the Senate, to the bill, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or 69 76 SENATE. Proceedings. FEBRUARY, 1807. Department of War;" and the President reported the bill...

...concurrence of the Senate. They insist on their amendment, disagreed to by the Senate, to the bill, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or 69 HISTORY OF CONGRESS. SENATE. Tennessee Lands. FEBRUARY. 1807. place within the jurisdiction of the...

...ordinance of 1787. By Mr. GIDDINGS : A bill entitled an Act to repeal the ninth and tenth sections of the " Act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States from and after the 1st day of January, in the year of...

...time. The House next resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill supplementary to the act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States. Mr. MinDLETON offered, by way of amendment, a substitute...

...United States, passed the 2d day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven, entitled, " An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States from and after the 1st day of January, in the year of...

...remitting the penalties and forfeitures incurred by the violations of some of the provisions of the act, entitled "An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year...

...has passed several statutes well known as the Slave Trade Acts. The first is the Act of 1807. This is entitled " An Act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year...