The Joint Special Committee
Subtitle: to whom was referred so much of the Governor's address as relates to the exclusion of Negro slavery from the newly acquired territory of the United States ...
Contributors: Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879; Hopkins, Erastus, 1810-1872; Briggs, George N. (George Nixon), 1796-1861
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: The House
Published: 1850
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Slavery; Extension to the territories
Other titles: House no. 33. Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Report on slavery
Notes: "House no. 33."

"Feb. 1850."

Title from beginning of text.

Title continues: "... also, certain resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to the acquisition and control of foreign territoy by the United States; also, a report and resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, upon the subject of fugitive slaves; also, certain resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, upon the subject of slavery; also, certain resolutions concerning slavery, introduced into the House of Representatives, by Mr. Wilson, of Natick, January 11, 1850; also, an order on the subject of instructing our Senators to vote against the compromise resolutions recently presented to the Senate, dated February 4, 1850, beg leave to present the following report and resolutions."

Report signed: Geo. S. Hillard, chairman; minority report signed: Erastus Hopkins.

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