Remarks of Mr. Cobb, of Georgia
Subtitle: delivered in the House of Representatives, January 14 and 18, 1844
Contributors: Black, Edward Junius, 1806-1846; Dromgoole, George Coke, 1797-1847; United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Rules; United States. Congress House
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 2: Slave trade in the Atlantic world; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1844
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Right of Petition; Speeches in Congress; Antislavery movements
Notes: Title from caption.

"On the motion of Mr. Black, of Georgia, to amend the motion of Mr. Dromgoole, of Virginia, to recommit the report of the Select Committee on the Rules, by instructing them to report to the House the following rule, viz: 'No petition, memorial, or any state or territory, or the slave-trade between the states or territories of the United States in which it now exists, shall be received by this House, or entertained in any way whatever'"--p. [1].

Reproduction of the original from the Oberlin College Library.