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1810-1819

• [1810] Churches warned to stand fast in the liberties wherewith Christ has made them free : in an appeal to the public, relative to an act of the General Association of Connecticut, at their session in June, 1810, respecting the Eastern Association of the County of Windham, The by Eastern Association of the County of Windham (Windham County, Conn.) available in print

• [1812] Minutes of the Proceedings of the thirteenth American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and Improving the Condition of the African Race : assembled at Philadelphia, on the thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and continued by adjournments until the sixteenth day of the same month, inclusive. by American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and Improving the Condition of the African Race (13th : 1812 : Philadelphia, Pa.). available in print

• [1812] Portrait : a poem delivered before the Washington Benevolent Society, of Newburyport, on the evening of October 27, 1812, The by Pierpont, John, 1785-1866. available in print

• [1812] Slave representation by Dwight, Sereno Edwards, 1786-1850. available in print

• [1812] Memoirs of Miss French : who departed this life December 31, 1811, in the 26th year of her age / by Sangar, J. T. (John Thresher) available in print

• [1814] History of Toussaint Louverture, The by Stephen, James, 1758-1832. available in print

• [1814] Substance of the speech of the Rev. Thomas Gisborne, M.A. : on July 13th 1814 at a general meeting of the County of Stafford convened to deliberate on petitions to the two houses of Parliament, respecting the abolition of the slave trade, The by Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846. available in print

• [1814] Sermon preached in the Church of Barton under Needwood, in the county of Stafford, on July 7th, 1814 : being the day appointed for a general thanksgiving on the restoration of peace, A by Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846. available in print

• [1814] Substance of the speech of the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, in the House of Lords, on Monday, June 27, 1814, in moving for certain papers relative to the revival of the slave trade. by Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834. available in print

• [1814] Circular letter, from Concord Abolition Society, to the inhabitants of Kentucky, A by Concord Abolition Society.

• [1815] Proceedings of a convention of delegates : from the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, the counties of Cheshire and Grafton in the state of the New Hampshire and the county of Windham in the state of Vermont : convened at Hartford in the State of Connecticut, December 15th, 1814, The by Hartford Convention (1814-1815 : Hartford, Conn.) available in print

• [1815] Poem pronounced at Cambridge, February 23, 1815, at the celebration of peace between the United States and Great Britain, A by Ware, Henry, 1794-1843.

• [1815] Review of the reasons given for establishing a registry of slaves in the British colonies : in a report of a committee of the African Institution, entitled "Reasons", andc. andc, A by No author available in print

• [1815] Reasons for establishing a registry of slaves in the British colonies : being a report of a committee of the African Institution : published by order of that society. by Stephen, James, 1758-1832. available in print

• [1815] Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the acting Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of twenty-fourth October last, requesting the President of the United States to lay before the Senate (provided he shall not consider the same improper to be communicated) the proof of any traffic carried on in the West Indies, by the sale of Negroes, taken from the United States, by the British forces since the present war : March 2, 1815 : printed by order of the Senate of the United States. by United States. Dept. of State.

• [1815] Letter to His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, president of the African institution, from Zachary Macaulay, Esq. : occasioned by a pamphlet lately published by Dr. Thorpe, late judge of the colony of Sierra Leone, entitled "A letter to William Wilberforce, esq." andc. andc, A by Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838. available in print

• [1816] Tidings of great joy for all people : a sermon preached before the Washington Bible Society, Granville, January 31, 1816 by Proudfit, Alexander, 1770-1843. available in print

• [1816] Examination of the principles of the slave registry bill : and of the means of emancipation, proposed by the authors of the bill, An by Jordan, G. W. (Gibbes Walker), 1757-1823. available in print

• [1816] Thoughts on the abolition of the slave trade, and civilization of Africa : with remarks on the African Institution, and an examination of the report of their committee, recommending a general registry of slaves in the British West India islands. by Marryat, Joseph, 1757-1824. available in print

• [1816] Defence of the bill for the registration of slaves, A by Stephen, James, 1758-1832. available in print

• [1816] Letter to the members of the Imperial Parliament : referring to the evidence contained in the proceedings of the House of Assembly of Jamaica, and shewing the injurious and unconstitutional tendency of the proposed Slave Registry Bill, A by Colonist. available in print

• [1816] Interference of the British legislature : in the internal concerns of the West India Islands, respecting their slaves, deprecated, The by Zealous advocate for the abolition of the slave trade. available in print

• [1817] Substance of a pamphlet, entitled A solemn review of the custom of war : showing, that war is the effect of popular delusion, and proposing a remedy, The by Worcester, Noah, 1758-1837. available in print

• [1817] Plea for Africa : a sermon preached October 26, 1817, in the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New-York, before the Synod of New-York and New-Jersey, at the request of the Board of Directors of the African School established by the synod, A by Griffin, Edward Dorr, 1770-1837. available in print

• [1817] Horrors of slavery : in two parts. Part I. Containing observations, facts, and arguments, extracted from the speeches of Wilberforce, Grenville, Pitt, Burke, Fox, Martin, Whitbread, and other distinguished members of the British Parliament. Part II. Containing extracts, chiefly American, compiled from authentic sources; demonstrating that slavery is impolitic, antirepublican, unchristian, and highly criminal; and proposing measures for its complete abolition through the United States by Kenrick, John, 1755-1833. available in print

• [1817] Report on colonizing the free people of colour of the United States : February 11, 1817 : read, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. by United States. Congress. House.

• [1817] Joint resolution for abolishing the traffick in slaves, and the colinization [sic] of the free people of colour of the United States : February 11, 1817 : read, and committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. by United States. Congress.

• [1817] Memorial of the president and board of managers of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States : January 14, 1817 : read and ordered to lie upon the table. by American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States.

• [1817] In Senate of the United States, January 27, 1817 : Mr. Troup submitted the following motion for consideration. by United States. Congress (15th, 2nd session : 1817-1818). Senate.

• [1817] In Senate of the United States, December 15, 1817 : Mr. Troup submitted the following motion for consideration. by United States. Congress (15th, 2nd session : 1817-1818). Senate.

• [1817] Message from the President of the United States in compliance with a resolution of the sixteenth instant, relative to the restitution of slaves under the first article of the Treaty of Ghent. by United States. Dept. of State.

• [1818] Essay on the doctrines and practice of the early Christians, as they relate to war : addressed to those, who profess to have a regard for the Christian name, An by Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846. available in print

• [1818] Address delivered before the Massachusetts Agricultural Society at the Brighton cattle show, October 13, 1818, An by Lowell, John, 1769-1840. available in print

• [1818] Introductory discourse on the phenomena of vitality; or, Laws of mobility and motion in animal bodies, An by Windship, Charles W. (Charles Williams), 1774-1852 available in print

• [1818] Memoir presented to the American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race, December 11th, 1818 : containing some remarks upon the civil dissentions of the hitherto afflicted people of Hayti, as the inhabitants of that island may be connected with plans for the emigration of such free persons of colour as may be disposed to remove to it, in case its reunion, pacification and independence should be established. : Together with some account of the origin and progress of the efforts for effecting the abolition of slavery in Pennsylvania and its neighbourhood, and throughout the world, A by Saunders, Prince, d. 1839. available in print

• [1818] Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State ... : touching the execution of so much of the first article of the late treaty ... as relates to the restitution of slaves, and which has not heretofore been communicated. by United States. Dept. of State.

• [1819] Memorial to the Congress of the United States, on the subject of restraining the increase of slavery in new states to be admitted into the Union : prepared in pursuance of a vote of the inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity, assembled at the State House, on the third of December, A.D. 1819, A by Boston (Mass.). Citizens. available in print

• [1819] Trial, Calvin and Hopkins versus the Bible and common sense, The by Prentiss, Charles, 1774-1820. available in print

• [1819] Free remarks on the spirit of the federal Constitution, the practice of the federal government, and the obligations of the Union, respecting the exclusion of slavery from the territories and new states by Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859. available in print

• [1819] Discourse delivered before the African Society, at their meeting-house, in Boston, Mass. on the abolition of the slave trade by the government of the United States of America, July 14, 1819, A by Dean, Paul, 1783-1860. available in print

• [1819] Narrative of thirty-four years slavery and travels in Africa by Dumont, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph), b. 1768. available in print

• [1819] Herald of peace, The by Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace. available in print

• [1819] Herald of peace, The by Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace.

• [1819] Herald of peace, The by Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace.

• [1819] Herald of peace, The by Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace. available in print

• [1819] Letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting copies of the instructions which have been issued to naval commanders upon the subject of the importation of slaves : made in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the fourth January, instant. by United States. Navy Dept.

• [1819] Extracts from documents in the Departments of State, of the Treasury, and of the Navy, in relation to the illicit introduction of slaves into the United States. : January 19, 1819 : read, and referred to the committee of the whole House, on the "Bill in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade". by De Krafft, Edward.

• [1819] Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury : transmitting the information called for, by the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 4th instant, in relation to ships engaged in the slave trade, which have been seized and condemned, and the disposition which has been made of the Negroes, by the several state governments, under whose jurisdiction they have fallen. by United States. Dept. of the Treasury.

• [1819] Message from the president of the United States, stating the interpretation which has been given to the act entitled "An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade." : December 20, 1819 : read, and referred to the committee on so much of the message of the President of the United States as relates to the unlawful introduction of slaves into the United States. by United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe)

• [1819] Report of the Committee on Private Land Claims on the petition of Spiller Fillmore, accompanied with a bill for the relief of the heirs of Anthony Burk : December 23, 1819, read and, with the bill, committed to a committee of the whole House. by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Private Land Claims.

• [1819] Copy of the President's order of transfer of old balances, in aid of the appropriations that were exhausted, 25th August, 1819 : December 23, 1819, laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. by United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe)