1824, April 16. Congress (House): Bill to Suppress Slave-Trade.
"Mr. Govan, from the committee to which was referred so much of the President's Message as
relates to the suppression of the Slave Trade, reported a bill respecting the slave trade; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole."
§ 1. Provided a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment not exceeding 7 years, and forfeiture of ship, for equipping a slaver even for the foreign trade; and a fine not exceeding $3,000, and imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, for serving on board any slaver. Annals of Cong., 18 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 2397–8; House Journal, 18 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 26, 180, 181, 323, 329, 356, 423.
1824, May 21. President Monroe's Message on Treaty of 1824.
Amer. State Papers, Foreign, V. 344–6.
1824, Nov. 6. [Great Britain and Sweden: Treaty.
Right of Search granted for the suppression of the slave-trade. British and Foreign State Papers, 1824–5, pp. 3–28.]
1824, Nov. 6. Great Britain: Counter Project of 1825.
Great Britain proposes to conclude the treaty as amended by the Senate, if the word "America" is reinstated in Art. I. (Cf. above, March 13, 1824.) February 16, 1825, the House Committee favors this project; March 2, Addington reminds Adams of this counter proposal; April 6, Clay refuses to reopen negotiations on account of the failure of the Colombian treaty. Amer. State Papers, Foreign, V. 367; House Reports, 18 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 70; House Doc., 19 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 16.