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Excerpt from Report on the Powers and Duties of Congress Upon the Subject of Slavery and the Slave Trade, 1838 The Joint Special Committee, to whom were referred the petition of Asa Stoughton and others, of the town of Gill, and many other petitions, of the same tenor, asking the Legislature to declare that Congress has the power, and ought to abolish Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States, and the Slave Trade between the several States of the Union; to whom were also committed the petition of Heman Humphrey and others, of the Faculty and Students of Amherst College, and many other petitions, requesting the same declaration as to Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia; and to whom were also committed the petition of Eben. Crosby and others, of West Hawley, and many other petitions, on the subject of the Admission of New States into the Union, have considered the several matters, so submitted to them, and beg leave to Report: There is little difference of opinion in this Commonwealth as to the moral, social and political character of Domestic Slavery. It is regarded by all, or nearly all, as a wrong in itself, and an evil in all its relations and influences. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.