The Abolition of The Slave Trade

Article 1 Section 9 of the Constitution (28 Kb PDF)

Limits on Congress

Act of 1794 (48 Kb PDF)

An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country

Act of 1800 (52 Kb PDF)

An Act in Addition to the Act Untitled "An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country."

Act of 1803 (48 Kb PDF)

An Act to Prevent the Importation of Certain Persons into Certain States, Where, by the Laws Thereof, Their Admission is Prohibited

Article from The Sun. Date: 07-05-1806; Volume: VI; Issue 302; Page: [1] (184 Kb PDF)

Headline: Slave Trade

The Sun 1806

Article, New England Palladium. Date: 02-27-1807; Volume: 29; Issue: 17; Page: [1] (248 Kb PDF)

Report on Congress, House of Representatives

New-England Palladium 1807

Slavery Overshadowed: Congress Debates Prohibiting the Atlantic Slave Trade to the United States, 1806-1807 (7.7 Mb PDF)

Mason, Matthew

Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 20, No. 1 Spring, 2000

The Suppression of the African Slave-trade to the United States of America 1638-1870 ( Link)

W.E.B. Du Bois

Longmans, Green and Co. New York, London 1896

Act of 1807 (64 Kb PDF)

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.

Act of 1819 (48 Kb PDF)

Act of March 3, 1819, Relative to the Slave Trade.

The African Squadron: Ashburton Treaty: Consular Sea Letters (3.5 Mb PDF)

Reviewed in an addres by Commander A.H. Foote, U.S.N

Foote, Andrew H.

William F. Geddes, printer Philadelphia 1855

The African Squadron and Mr. Hutt's Committee (21.2 Mb PDF)

Denman, Joseph

J. Mortimer London 1850?

The African Squadron Vindicated (9.7 Mb PDF)

Yule, Henry

J. Ridgway London 1850

Voyage to a Thousand Cares (5 Mb PDF)

Lawrence, John C.

Naval Institute Press Annapolis, MD c2004

Act of 1820 (48 Kb PDF)

An Act to continue in force "An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy," and also to make further provisions for punishing the crime or piracy.