1806, Feb. 4.  Congress (House):  Proposition to Prohibit Slave-Trade after 1807.

Mr. Bidwell moved that the following section be added to the bill for taxing slaves imported,—­that any ship so engaged be forfeited.  The proposition was rejected, yeas, 17, nays, 86 (?). Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 438.

1806, Feb. 10.  Congress (House):  New Hampshire Proposed Amendment.

“Mr. Tenney ... presented to the House certain resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Hampshire, ’proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, so as to authorize and empower Congress to pass a law, whenever they may deem it expedient, to prevent the further importation of slaves,’ or people of color, into the United States, or any part thereof.”  Read and laid on the table. House Journal (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 1 sess.  V. 266; Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 448.

1806, Feb. 17.  Congress (House):  Proposition on Slave-Trade.

The committee on the slave-trade reported a resolution:—­

“Resolved, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, to import or bring into any of the Territories of the United States, any slave or slaves that may hereafter be imported into the United States.” House Journal, 9 Cong. 1 sess.  V 264, 278, 308, 345-6; House Reports, 9 Cong. 1 sess.  II.  Feb. 17, 1806; Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 472-3.

1806, April 7.  Congress (Senate):  Maryland Proposed Amendment.

“Mr. Wright communicated a resolution of the legislature of the state of Maryland instructing their Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their utmost exertions to obtain an amendment to the constitution of the United States to prevent the further importation of slaves; whereupon, Mr. Wright submitted the following resolutions for the consideration of the Senate....

“Resolved, That the migration or importation of slaves into the United States, or any territory thereof, be prohibited after the first day of January, 1808.”  Considered April 10, and further consideration postponed until the first Monday in December next. Senate Journal (repr. 1821), 9 Cong. 1 sess.  IV. 76-7, 79; Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 1 sess. pp. 229, 232.

1806, Dec. 2.  President Jefferson’s Message.

See above, pages 97-98. House Journal (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2 sess.  V. 468.

1806, Dec. 15.  Congress (House):  Proposition on Slave-Trade.

“A bill to prohibit the importation or bringing of slaves into the United States, etc.,” after Dec. 31, 1807.  Finally merged into Senate bill. Ibid., House Bill No. 148.

1806, Dec. 17.  Congress (House):  Sloan’s Proposition.

Proposition to amend the House bill by inserting after the article declaring the forfeiture of an illegally imported slave, “And such person or slave shall be entitled to his freedom.”  Lost. Annals of Cong., 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 167-77, 180-89.