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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.062 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1843 |
| Title | Free colored seamen - Majority and minority reports |
| Date | 20 January 1843 |
| Author | Winthrop, Grenville Temple (1807-1852) |
| Additional authors | Committee on Commerce. |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | 27th Congress, 3d session, House of Representatives document no. 80. Concerns South Carolina law jailing all free blacks in Charleston. Winthrop as senator from Massachusetts, protests on behalf of the citizens of Boston, against the jailing of free blacks working on ships arriving in Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New Orleans. |
| Subjects | Congress Government and Civics Law African American History Freemen Civil Rights Maritime |
| People | Winthrop, Grenville Temple (1807-1852) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Law; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |