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Collection Reference Number GLC00267.037
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1847 
Title Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire in relation to slavery and the domestic slave trade
Date 19 February 1847
Author New Hampshire. Senate.  
Document Type Government document
Content Description 29th Congress, 2d session, document no. 155. Opposes slavery in the territories, favors abolition in the District of Columbia and abolition of the domestic slave trade. Signed in print by John P. Hale as Speaker of the House, James U. Parker as President of the Senate, Anthony Colby as Governor, and George G. Fogg as Secretary of State. Approved 10 July 1846.
Subjects Congress  Law  Slavery  Africa  African American History  Abolition  Reform Movement  Washington, D.C.  Westward Expansion  
Place written New Hampshire
Theme Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Law; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859