REMARKS IN THE SENATE, ON A RESOLUTION AND THE REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE, JANUARY 3 AND FEBRUARY 20, 1867.
January 3, 1867, in the Senate, Mr. Sumner introduced the
following resolution:--
“_Resolved_, That the Committee on the Judiciary be
directed to consider if any action of Congress be needed,
either in the way of legislation or of a supplementary
Amendment to the Constitution, to prevent the sale of
persons into slavery for a specified term by virtue of a
decree of court.”
In its consideration, he called attention to cases like the
following:--
“PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned will sell at the court-house
door, in the city of Annapolis, at twelve o’clock, M., on
Saturday, 8th December, 1866, a negro man named Richard
Harris, for six months, convicted at the October term,
1866, of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, for
larceny, and sentenced by the Court to be sold as a slave.
“Terms of sale, cash.
“WM. BRYAN,
“_Sheriff Anne Arundel County_.
“December 3, 1866.”