Liberia - Africa - U.S. foreign relations
materials in the pre-1861 U.S. Congressional Serial Set - Pre-1861 U.S. Foreign Relations
Materials - Historical Documents
U.S. Congressional Serial Set: Documents on Liberia (Africa) before 1861
16 sources, in chronological order.
| Title | Date | Citation | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonization of free people of colour. | March 3, 1827 | Serial Set Vol. No. 160, Session Vol. No. 2, 19th Congress, 2nd Session, H. Rpt. 101 | 95 |
| Colonization Society. Memorial of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color of the United States. Mr. Mercer, Mr. Gorham, Mr. Shepperd, Mr. Weems, Mr. Johns, Mr. Vinton, and Mr. Fort. | January 28, 1828 | Serial Set Vol. No. 171, Session Vol. No. 3, 20th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 99 | 79 |
| Recaptured Africans. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 5th instant, in relation to the present condition and probable annual expense, of the United States' Agency for Recaptured Africans on the coast of Africa, &c. &c. | March 12, 1828 | Serial Set Vol. No. 173, Session Vol. No. 5, 20th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 193 | 15 |
| Memorial of the American Colonization Society. The Committee to whom was referred the memorial of the American Colonization Society, have instructed their Chairman to request the House to cause the memorial, and its accompanying documents, to be printed | March 6, 1830 | Serial Set Vol. No. 200, Session Vol. No. 2, 21st Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 277 | 30 |
| Slave trade. (To accompany Bill H. R. No. 412.) | April 7, 1830 | Serial Set Vol. No. 201, Session Vol. No. 3, 21st Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 348 | 293 |
| African colonization -- slave trade -- commerce. Report of Mr. Kennedy, of Maryland, from the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the memorial of the Friends of African Colonization, assembled in convention in the City of Washington, May, 1842. To which is appended, collection of the most interesting papers on the subject of African colonization, and the commerce, etc., of western Africa, together with all the diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the African slave trade | February 28, 1843 | Serial Set Vol. No. 428, Session Vol. No. 3, 27th Congress, 3rd Session, H. Rpt. 283 | 1102 |
| Colony of Liberia, in Africa. Message from the President of the United States, accompanied with a report of the Secretary of State, relative to the colony of Liberia | March 7, 1844 | Serial Set Vol. No. 442, Session Vol. No. 4, 28th Congress, 1st Session, H. Doc. 162 | 17 |
| Memorial of the Society of the District of Columbia for the Colonization and Civilization of Africa, praying the establishment of a commercial agency at the Colony of Liberia, and asking an appropriation to forward the objects of said society, and for the benefit of said colony | March 22, 1844 | Serial Set Vol. No. 434, Session Vol. No. 4, 28th Congress, 1st Session, S. Doc. 218 | 4 |
| African slave-trade | May 4, 1844 | Serial Set Vol. No. 446, Session Vol. No. 2, 28th Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 469 | 5 |
| Message from the President of the United States, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate) information relative to the operations of the United States squadron on the west coast of Africa, the condition of the American colonies there, and the commerce of the United States therewith | February 28, 1845 | Serial Set Vol. No. 458, Session Vol. No. 9, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, S. Doc. 150 | 289 |
| Joseph Bryan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) | August 1, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 585, Session Vol. No. 3, 31st Congress, 1st Session, H. Rpt. 438 | 12 |
| Report of the Secretary of State, communicating the report of the Rev. R.R. Gurley, who was recently sent out by the government to obtain information in respect to Liberia. September 14, 1850 | September 16, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 562, Session Vol. No. 14, 31st Congress, 1st Session, S. Exec. Doc. 75 | 123 |
| American Colonization Society. (To accompany Bill S. No. 4.) | December 12, 1850 | Serial Set Vol. No. 606, Session Vol. No. 1, 31st Congress, 2nd Session, H. Rpt. 2 | 9 |
| Slave trade. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an appropriation for the suppression of the slave trade; also, correspondence with E. Whittlesey and others in regard to an appropriation of $30,000 for the same object | February 11, 1857 | Serial Set Vol. No. 906, Session Vol. No. 9, 34th Congress, 3rd Session, H. Exec. Doc. 70 | 2 |
| Hayti and Liberia. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, asking this government to recognize the independence of Hayti and Liberia | December 18, 1857 | Serial Set Vol. No. 961, Session Vol. No. 1, 35th Congress, 1st Session, H. Misc. Doc. 10 | 2 |
| Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the recognition of Hayti and Liberia as sovereign and independent states. | December 18, 1857 | Serial Set Vol. No. 934, Session Vol. No. 1, 35th Congress, 1st Session, S. Misc. Doc. 16 | 2 |