, 15 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 84, p. 5.

[73] See, e.g., _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 11 Cong. 3 sess.
VII. p. 575.

[74] Drake, _Revelations of a Slave Smuggler_, p. 51. Parts of
this narrative are highly colored and untrustworthy; this
passage, however, has every earmark of truth, and is confirmed
by many incidental allusions.

[75] For accounts of these slavers, see _House Reports_, 17
Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, pp. 30-50. The "Paz" was an armed
slaver flying the American flag.

[76] Said to be owned by an Englishman, but fitted in America
and manned by Americans. It was eventually captured by H.M.S.
"Bann," after a hard fight.

[77] Also called Spanish schooner "Triumvirate," with American
supercargo, Spanish captain, and American, French, Spanish,
and English crew. It was finally captured by a British vessel.

[78] An American slaver of 1814, which was boarded by a
British vessel. All the above cases, and many others, were
proven before British courts.

[79] _House Reports_, 17 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 92, p. 51.

[80] _House Doc._, 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12, pp. 22, 38.
This slaver was after capture sent to New Orleans,--an
illustration of the irony of the Act of 1807.

[81] _House Journal_, 14 Cong. 2 sess. p. 15.

[82] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 36, p. 5.

[83] _Ibid._, 15 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 12, pp. 8-14. See
Chew's letter of Oct. 17, 1817: _Ibid._, pp. 14-16.

[84] By the secret Joint Resolution and Act of 1811 (_Statutes
at Large_, III. 471), Congress gave the President power to
suppress the Amelia Island establishment, which was then
notorious. The capture was not accomplished until 1817.

[85] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42, pp. 10-11.
Cf. Report of the House Committee, Jan. 10, 1818: "It is but
too notorious that numerous infractions of the law prohibiting
the importation of slaves into the United States have been
perpetrated with impunity upon our southern frontier." _Amer.
State Papers, Miscellaneous_, II. No. 441.

[86] Special message of Jan. 13, 1818: _House Journal_, 15
Cong. 1 sess. pp. 137-9.

[87] Collector McIntosh, of the District of Brunswick, Ga., to
the Secretary of the Treasury. _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess.
III. No. 42, pp. 8-9.

[88] _House Doc._, 16 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 42,