Proceedings of the United States Senate: On the Fugitive Slave Bill, Abolition of the Slave-Trade in the District of Columbia, and the Imprisonment of Free Colored Seamen in the Southern Ports; With the Speeches of Messrs. Davis, Winthrop and Others

Excerpt from Proceedings of the United States Senate: On the Fugitive Slave Bill, Abolition of the Slave-Trade in the District of Columbia, and the Imprisonment of Free Colored Seamen in the Southern Ports; With the Speeches of Messrs. Davis, Winthrop and Others

The Bill for the recapture of Fugitive Slaves being under consideration, Mr. Dayton of New Jersey offered an amendment providing for a trial b jury.

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