t was finally disagreed to by
a vote of 19 to 24: _Ibid._, No. 423, pp. 837, 860, 876, 882.
[40] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1823-4, and 1826-7.
Brazil abolished the trade in 1830.
[41] This treaty was further defined in 1833: _Ibid._, 1830-1,
p. 641 ff.; 1832-3, p. 286 ff.
[42] _Ibid._, 1833-4, pp. 218 ff., 1059 ff.
[43] _Ibid._, 1837-8, p. 268 ff.
[44] _Ibid._, 1838-9, p. 792 ff.
[45] Viz., Feb. 28, 1825; April 7, 1830; Feb. 16, 1831; March
3, 1831. The last resolution passed the House: _House
Journal_, 21 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 426-8.
[46] Cf. _House Doc._, 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115, pp. 35-6,
etc.; _House Reports_, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp.
730-55, etc.
[47] These were the celebrated cases of the "Encomium,"
"Enterprize," and "Comet." Cf. _Senate Doc._, 24 Cong. 2 sess.
II. No. 174; 25 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 216. Cf. also case of
the "Creole": _Ibid._, 27 Cong. 2 sess. II.-III. Nos. 51, 137.
[48] _Ibid._, 26 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 179; _Senate Exec.
Doc._, 31 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 29; 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No.
19; _Senate Reports_, 31 Cong. 2 sess. No. 301; 32 Cong. 1
sess. I. No. 158; 35 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 36; _House Doc._, 26
Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 185; 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 191; 28
Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 83; _House Exec. Doc._, 32 Cong. 2 sess.
III. No. 20; _House Reports_, 26 Cong. 2 sess. No. 51; 28
Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 426; 29 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 753; also
Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, _15 Peters_, 518. Cf.
Drake, _Revelations of a Slave Smuggler_, p. 98.
[49] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1834-5, p. 136.
[50] _Ibid._, pp. 135-47. Great Britain made treaties
meanwhile with Hayti, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentine
Confederation, Mexico, Texas, etc. Portugal prohibited the
slave-trade in 1836, except between her African colonies. Cf.
_Ibid._, from 1838 to 1841.
[51] These estimates are from the following sources: _Ibid._,
1822-3, pp. 94-110; _Parliamentary Papers_, 1823, XVIII.,
_Slave Trade_, Further Papers, A., pp. 10-11; 1838-9, XLIX.,
_Slave Trade_, Class A, Further Series, pp. 115, 119, 121;
_House Doc._, 19 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 1, p. 93; 20 Cong. 1
sess. III. No. 99; 26 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 211; _House Exec.
Doc._, 31 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, p. 193; _House Re
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