_Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 1 sess. p. 1005.

[54] _Ibid._, pp. 1020-36; _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 8
Cong. 1 sess. IV 523, 578, 580, 581-5.

[55] On slavery in the Territories, cf. Welling, in _Report
Amer. Hist. Assoc._, 1891, pp. 133-60.

[56] _Statutes at Large_, I. 108.

[57] _Journals of Cong._, XII. 137-8.

[58] _Annals of Cong._, 5 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 511, 515, 532-3.

[59] _Ibid._, 5 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 1235, 1249, 1277-84,
1296-1313.

[60] _Annals of Cong._, 5 Cong. 2 sess. p. 1313.

[61] _Statutes at Large_, I. 549.

[62] _Amer. State Papers, Miscellaneous_, I. No. 177.

[63] _Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 106, 211, 223,
231, 233-4, 238.

[64] _Ibid._, pp. 240, 1186.

[65] _Ibid._, p. 241.

[66] _Ibid._, p. 240.

[67] _Ibid._, p. 242.

[68] For further proceedings, see _Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 1
sess. pp. 240-55, 1038-79, 1128-9, 1185-9. For the law, see
_Statutes at Large_, II. 283-9.

[69] First, a bill was introduced applying the Northwest
Ordinance to the Territory (_Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 2 sess.
pp. 45-6); but this was replaced by a Senate bill (_Ibid._, p.
68; _Senate Journal_, repr. 1821, 8 Cong. 2 sess. III. 464).
For the petition of the inhabitants, see _Annals of Cong._, 8
Cong. 2 sess. p. 727-8.

[70] The bill was hurried through, and there are no records of
debate. Cf. _Annals of Cong._, 8 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 28-69, 727,
871, 957, 1016-20, 1213-5. In _Senate Journal_ (repr. 1821),
III., see Index, Bill No. 8. Importation of slaves was allowed
by a clause erecting a Frame of Government "similar" to that
of the Mississippi Territory.

[71] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 443. The whole
trade was practically foreign, for the slavers merely entered
the Negroes at Charleston and immediately reshipped them to
New Orleans. Cf. _Annals of Cong._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. p. 264.

[72] _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 1 sess. V. 264;
_Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 445, 878.

[73] _House Reports_, 9 Cong. 1 sess. Feb. 17, 1806.

[74] House Bill No. 123.

[75] _Annals of Cong._, 16 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 73-7. This report
covers the time from Jan. 1, 1804, to Dec. 31, 1807. During
that time the following was the number of ships engaged in the
traffic:--

From Charleston, 61 From Connecticut,