1829, Jan. 28. Congress (House): Bill to Amend Act of 1807.
The Committee on Commerce reported "a bill (No. 399) to amend an act, entitled 'An act to prohi
bit the importation of slaves,'" etc. Referred to Committee of the Whole. House Journal, 20 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 58, 84, 215. Cf. Ibid., 20 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 121, 135.
1829, March 2. United States Statute: Appropriation.
"An Act making additional appropriations for the support of the navy," etc.
"For the reimbursement of the marshal of Florida for expenses incurred in the case of certain Africans who were wrecked on the coast of the United States, and for the expense of exporting them to Africa," $16,000. Statutes at Large, IV. 353, 354.
1830, April 7. Congress (House): Resolution against Slave-Trade.
Mr. Mercer reported the following resolution:—
"Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to consult and negotiate with all the Governments where Ministers of the United States are, or shall be accredited, on the means of effecting an entire and immediate abolition of the African slave trade; and especially, on the expediency, with that view, of causing it to be universally denounced as piratical." Referred to Committee of the Whole; no further action recorded. House Journal, 21 Cong. 1 sess. p. 512.
1830, April 7. Congress (House): Proposition to Amend Act of March 3, 1819.