"Mr. Wright communicated a resolution of the legislature of the state of Maryland instructing their Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their utmost exertions to obtain an amendment to the constitution of the United States to prevent the further importation of slaves; whereupon, Mr. Wright submitted the following resolutions for the consideration of the Senate....
"Resolved, That the migration or importation of slaves into the United States, or any territory thereof, be prohibited after the first day of January, 1808." Considered April 10, and further consideration postponed until the first Monday in December next. Senate Journal (repr. 1821), 9 Cong. 1 sess. IV. 76–7, 79; Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 229, 232.
1806, Dec. 2. President Jefferson's Message.
See above, pages 97–98. House Journal (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess. V. 468.
1806, Dec. 15. Congress (House): Proposition on Slave-Trade.
"A bill to prohibit the importation or bringing of slaves into the United States, etc.," after Dec. 31, 1807. Finally merged into Senate bill. Ibid., House Bill No. 148.
1806, Dec. 17. Congress (House): Sloan's Proposition.
Proposition to amend the House bill by inserting after the article declaring the forfeiture of an illegally imported slave, "And such person or slave shall be entitled to his freedom." Lost. Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 167–77, 180–89.
1806, Dec. 29. Congress (House): Sloan's Second Proposition.
Illegally imported Africans to be either freed, apprenticed, or returned to Africa. Lost; Jan. 5, 1807, a