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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.035 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1830 |
| Title | Slave trade |
| Date | 7 April 1830 |
| Author | Mercer, Charles Fenton (1778-1858) |
| Additional authors | United States. Congress (21st, 1st session : 1830) House. |
| Document Type | Government document; Book |
| Content Description | Mercer reports for "the committee to whom were referred the memorial of the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also, sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, and a memorial from certain free people of color of the State of Ohio..." The bulk of the report consists of appendices on the American Colonization Society, Liberia and material from earlier Congresses relating to the slave trade and colonization. 21st Congress, 1st session, House Doc. 348. |
| Subjects | Freemen Colonization African American History Abolition Slavery Africa Congress Reform Movement |
| People | Mercer, Charles Fenton (1778-1858) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Naval & Maritime; Government & Politics; Law; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |