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Domestic News December 24, 1806

The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

Washington, District Of Columbia

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Maryland House of Delegates concurs with resolutions from Tennessee and Kentucky, and passes resolutions instructing U.S. Senators and Representatives to prohibit slave importation from Africa, West Indies, or elsewhere, with copies sent to other states' executives.

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From the proceedings of the House of Delegates of Maryland.

The report on the resolutions of the state of Tennessee was read the second time and the question put, that the house concur with the said report, and assent to the resolutions therein contained: Resolved in the affirmative—Yeas 57—Nays 9—which were sent to the Senate.

The report on the resolutions of Kentucky was read, the resolutions therein contained assented to, and sent to the Senate.

The following resolutions were assented to, and sent to the Senate.

Resolved, That our Senators in the Congress of the United States be instructed, and our representatives requested, to take all legal and necessary measures, to use their utmost exertions, as soon as the same may be practicable, to prohibit the importation of slaves into the United States from the coast of Africa, the West Indies, or elsewhere.

Resolved, That the governor be and he is hereby requested to transmit copies of the foregoing resolution to our senators and representatives in Congress, also to the executives of all the different states in the union, with a request that the same may be laid before their respective legislatures, for their concurrence.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Slave Related

What keywords are associated?

Maryland House Delegates Slave Importation Ban Tennessee Resolutions Kentucky Resolutions Congress Instructions

Where did it happen?

Maryland

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Primary Location

Maryland

Outcome

tennessee resolutions: yeas 57, nays 9; kentucky and anti-slave importation resolutions assented to and sent to senate.

Event Details

House of Delegates reads and concurs with Tennessee resolutions (57-9 vote); assents to Kentucky resolutions; passes resolutions instructing U.S. Senators to prohibit slave importation and requesting Governor to transmit copies to Congress and other states' executives.

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