It is the obvious import of the law that none of the persons thus taken should remain within the United States, and no place other than the coast of Africa being designated, their removal or delivery, whether carried from the United States or landed immediately from the vessels in which they were taken, was supposed to be confined to that coast.
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I transmit to the House of Representatives a further report from the Secretary of State
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I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with the documents called for by that resolution.
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