HOUSE...NO. 33. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED SO MUCH OF THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS AS RELATES TO THE EXCLUSION OF NEGRO SLAVERY FROM THE NEWLY ACQUIRED TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES; ALSO, CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF OHIO, RELATIVE TO THE ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF FOREIGN TERRITORY BY THE UNITED STATES; ALSO, A REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA, UPON THE SUBJECT OF FUGITIVE SLAVES; ALSO, CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF CONNECTICUT, UPON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY; ALSO, CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MISSOURI, UPON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY; ALSO, CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING SLAVERY, INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY MR. WILSON, OF NATICK, JANUARY 11, 1850; ALSO, AN ORDER ON THE SUBJECT OF INSTRUCTION OUR SENATORS TO VOTE AGAINST THE COMPROMISE RESOLUTIONS RECENTLY PRESENTED TO THE SENATE, DATED FEBRUARY 4, 1850, BEG LEAVE TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS...
[Boston? 1850]. 24pp, spine reinforced. Caption title [as issued]. Faded rubberstamp in a blank margin, Very Good. Massachusetts weighs in on slavery in the Territories, the Compromise of 1850, and other matters relating to "the unhappy fact of slavery." Condemning slavery, expressing distress that some Americans defend it as a...... More