HOUSE...NO. 60. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 23, 1839. THE COMMITTEE, TO WHOM WAS RECOMMITTED "THE REPORT ON THE DELIVERANCE OF CITIZENS LIABLE TO BE SOLD AS SLAVES, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE RESOLVES APPENDED TO THE REPORT OF THE MINORITY, OR OTHERS CONTAINING THE SAME PRINCIPLES," HAVE DIRECTED ME TO REPORT THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLVES. CHARLES A. ANDREW, CHAIRMAN.

[Boston? 1839]. 4pp, folded. Caption title [as issued]. Two holes in left blank margin from previous stitching. Light scattered foxing. Good+. The Resolves assert the duty of Massachusetts to protect its Negro citizens who are imprisoned as suspected slaves when traveling South. Such incidents were not unusual when ships docked at Southern ports, and Negro seamen attempted to disembark. Not in LCP. Item #22167

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