The joint special committee to whom was committed the petition of Francis Jackson and others, and sundry other petitioners, for a law securing to colored persons equal rights in rail-road accommodation, also the remonstrance of Joseph Nunn, and sundry others, of Salem, respectfully submit the subjoined report ...

At head of state: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In Senate, Feb. 22, 1842

[Boston, Massachusetts?] : [publisher not identified], [1842]

1 online resource (13 pages).

Senate (Series) (Massachusetts. General Court. Senate) ; 1842, no. 63.

Committee report, signed at end by Seth Sprague, Jr.; bill entitled "An act relating to the rights of rail-road passengers"; letter of transmittal from "the same Joint Special Committee, to who was committed the petitions of sundry persons praying for some action of the legislature on the subject of the foreign slave trade," with resolve entitled "Resolve relating to the foreign slave trade"; and order to the "Joint Special Committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others, [to] inquire whether any measures are necessary to be taken by this legislature to secure to the citizens of this state the rights guaranteed to them by the constitution of the United States, when in other states of the union," with resolve entitled "Resolve relating to the imprisonment of citizens of this commonwealth in other states."

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Print version: Massachusetts. General Court (1842). Joint special committee on rights of colored persons in rail-road accommodation. [Report of the Joint special committee to whom was committed petition of Francis Jackson and others. Boston, 1842]

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Rights of colored persons, Feb. 1842

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Act relating to the rights of rail-road passengers.
Resolve relating to the foreign slave trade
Resolve relating to the imprisonment of citizens of this commonwealth in other states.

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