[Footnote 302: Ableman v. Booth, 3 Wis., 1.]
[Footnote 303: Globe, 1860-61, p. 356, App. 197.]
[Footnote 304: Globe, 1860-61, (Baker) 228, (Burnham) 970.]
[Footnote 305: Senate Journal, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., p. 18. Appendix C, No. 1.]
[Footnote 306: House Journal, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., p. 60; Congr. Globe, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 77. Appendix C, Nos. 2-12. For a list of proposed constitutional amendments bearing on fugitive slaves, I am indebted to Mr. H. V. Ames, of the Harvard Graduate School, who has kindly furnished me transcripts from his material for a forthcoming monograph on proposed amendments to the Constitution.]
[Footnote 307: Cong. Globe, 3 Cong. 2 Sess., 114. Appendix C, Nos. 2-12.]
[Footnote 308: House Journal, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 70; Cong. Globe, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 79. Appendix C, No. 10.]
[Footnote 309: House Journal, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 67; Cong. Globe, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 77. Appendix C, No. 3.]
[Footnote 310: House Journal, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 70; Cong. Globe, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 78. Appendix C, No. 11.]
[Footnote 311: Cong. Globe, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 1328.]
[Footnote 313: Liberator, Nov. 1, 1861; Edw. L. Pierce, in Atlantic Monthly, November, 1861.]
[Footnote 314: Cong. Globe, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 1076.]
[Footnote 315: Cong. Globe, 36 Cong. 2 Sess., 1077.]
[Footnote 316: Cong. Globe, 37 Cong. 1 Sess., 218. Appendix C, Nos. 30, 31.]
[Footnote 317: Cong. Globe, 37 Cong. 1 Sess., 219.]
[Footnote 318: Cong. Globe, 37 Cong. 1 Sess., 412.]
[Footnote 319: House Journal, 37 Cong. 1 Sess., 197; Cong. Globe, 409, 410. Appendix C, No. 31.]
[Footnote 320: Senate Journal, 37 Cong. 1 Sess., 178; Cong. Globe, 434. Appendix C, No. 31.]
[Footnote 321: Cong. Globe, 37 Cong. 1 Sess., 454. Appendix C, No. 31.]
[Footnote 322: Appendix C, Nos. 37, 40, 44.]
[Footnote 324: Appendix C, No. 59. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and reported by them, April 16, 1862. Appendix C, No. 67.]
[Footnote 325: Cong. Globe, 37 Cong. 2 Sess., 944.]
[Footnote 326: Cong. Globe, 37 Cong. 2 Sess., 946.]
[Footnote 329: Appendix C, No. 73. Previous bills introduced by Mr. Eliot had been unfavorably reported on by the Judiciary Committee. Appendix C, No. 69.]
[Footnote 335: Liberator, July 19, 1861; Appendix D, No. 68.]
[Footnote 336: Williams, History of Negro Race in America, 245; Appendix D, No. 69.]