Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789

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The committee consisting of, &c. to whom was referred a motion of Mr. King, for the exclusion of involuntary servitude in the states described in the resolve of Congress of the 23d day of April, 1784, submit the following resolve : Resolved, that after the year 1800 of the Christian æra, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the states described in the resolve of Congress of the 23d day of April, 1784 ...

United States. Continental Congress.

Created/Published

[New York : s.n., 1785]

Notes

Members of the committee: Mr. King, Mr. Howell, and Mr. Ellery.

Imprint from Evans. Formerly ascribed to the press of John Dunlap in the Journals of the Continental Congress, v. 29, p. 920 (#467); but later volumes reject Dunlap as printer. Cf. JCC, v. 33, p. 753.

Evans 19296

Journals of the Continental Congress, 467

LC copy annotated on verso: Exclusion of slavery in future states.

LC copy imperfect: large hole on left side near text.

Subjects

Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.
Fugitive slaves--United States.
Broadsides--New York (N.Y.)--1785.
United States--New York--New York.
Broadsheet format (Printing)--New York (N.Y.)--1785.

Related Names

Continental Congress Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Medium

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 27 x 21 cm.

Call Number

Cont Cong no. 123

Digital ID

bdsdcc 12301 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/bdsdcc.12301