The report was never acted on. Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 477–8.
1807, March 2. United States Statute: Importation Prohibited.
"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 of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight." Bills to amend § 8, so as to make less ambiguous the permit given to the internal traffic, were introduced Feb. 27 and Nov. 27. Statutes at Large, II. 426. For proceedings in Senate, see Senate Journal (repr. 1821), 9 Cong. 1–2 sess. IV. 11, 112, 123, 124, 132, 133, 150, 158, 164, 165, 167, 168; Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 16, 19, 23, 33, 36, 45, 47, 68, 69, 70, 71, 79, 87, 93. For proceedings in House, see House Journal (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess. V. 470, 482, 488, 490, 491, 496, 500, 504, 510, 513–6, 517, 540, 557, 575, 579, 581, 583–4, 585, 592, 594, 610, 613–4, 616, 623, 638, 640; 10 Cong. 1 sess. VI. 27, 50; Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 167, 180, 200, 220, 231, 254, 264, 270.
1808, Feb. 23. Congress (Senate): Proposition to Amend Constitution.
"Agreeably to instructions from the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania to their Senators in Congress, Mr. Maclay submitted the following resolution, which was read for consideration:—
"Resolved ..., That the Constitution of the United States be so altered and amended, as to prevent the Congress of the United States, and the legislatures of any state in the Union, from authorizing the importation of slaves." No further mention. Senate Journal (repr. 1821), 10 Cong. 1 sess. IV. 235; Annals of Cong., 10 Cong. 1 sess. p. 134. For the full text of the instructions, see Amer. State Papers, Miscellaneous, I. 716.
1810, Dec. 5. President Madison's Message.
"Among the commercial abuses still committed under the American flag, ... it appears that American
citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity, and in defiance of those of their own country. The same just and benevolent motives which produced the interdiction in force against this criminal conduct, will doubtless be felt by Congress, in devising further means of suppressing the evil." House Journal (repr. 1826), 11 Cong. 3 sess. VII. 435.
1811, Jan. 15. United States Statute: Secret Act and Joint Resolution against Amelia Island Smugglers.