ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

      Washington City 1807. 8vo, 6" x 9". Bound in the original blue wrps, (219)-352, i-iv, Index 1-29. Of significant importance because of the inclusion of the first printing of a law abolishing the importantion of slaves, effective in 1808. The law had teeth in it, and, if enforced, would ended the slave trade. However, adequate funding was not provided until the time of the Civil War. Further, the fate of the confiscated, or illegally imported slaves was left to the individual states. In the South they were sold into slavery. Covers heavily stained and worn, small damp stain in the center of the first few leaves, the remainder a little browned but generally good. The slave law begins on page 262 and runs to 272. Not a pretty copy, but still an important piece of American slavery history. . First Edition.