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Slavery in the Territories and Congress Power Debate
Massachusetts committees urge Congress to abolish slavery in the territories and the slave trade between states. They argue federal control is exclusive and support abolition in Florida and in the District of Columbia, plus admission limits for new states with slavery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Story
Rawle
American Inst. Co
Carters
Peters
Con
Florida
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the Unit
Gibbons
Ogden
Wheaton
Brown
Maryland
Boston
Daniel Webster
George Blake
Josiah Quincy
James T. Austin
John Gallison
Brigantine
Hall
L. J
Kent
Enrent
Justice Story
Virginia
John Sergeant
Philadelphia
Missouri
Niles
Union
Washington
St. Louis
South
Sergeant
Niles’ Register
Baltimore
Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Commonwealth
Presbyterian Synod of
Massachusetts
I of
New York
Pennsylv
New Hampshire
Mittee
Sean
Baul
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
James C. Alvord
Antigua
Jamaica
West Indies
Messrs. Thome and Kimball
W. EL C