| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce.
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| Title | Free colored seamen : majority and minority reports.
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| Published | [Washington, D.C. : s.n., 1843]
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| Description | 58 p. ; 24 cm.
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| Series | Report / 27th Congress, 3d session, House of Representatives ; no. 80
United States. Congress. (27th, 3rd session : 1842-1843). House. Report ; no. 80.
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| General Note | "January 20, 1843".
Caption title.
"The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Benjamin Rich and others, submit the subjoined report."
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| Formatted Note | Incomplete Contents: Appendix (p. 7-36) : 1. The memorial with its signatures. 2. Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence as to colored mariners in ports of South Carolina (Doc. 119, 27th Cong., 2d sess., H.R., Executive) 3. The opinion of Mr. Justice Johnson. 4. The opinion of Mr. Wirt.
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| Subjects | African American sailors.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Freedmen.
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: Pam. Z251
mq230572: Pamphlets, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 139304] |
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