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1 Freedmen: Message from the President of the United States, in Answer to a Resolution of the House of 27th Ultimo, Relative to the Provisions in the Constitutions of Several Southern States Relative to the Freedmen 1 (1866)

handle is hein.slavery/frdmpus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 39rH CONGRESS, | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. { Ex. Doc. 1st Session. f No. 118. FREEDMEN. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ANSWER TO A resolution of the House of 27th ultimo, relative to the provisions in t/he consti- tutions of several southern States relative to the freedmen. MAY 23, 1866--Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed. To the 11ouse of Representatives: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th ultimo, requesting a collation of the provisions in reference to freedmen con- tained in the amended constitutions of the southern States, and in the laws of those States passed since the suppression of the rebellion, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred. ANDREW JOHNSON. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22, 1866. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, May 22, 1866. Pursuant to the direction of the President, the Secretary of State has the honor to lay before him a collation of the provisions in reference to freedmen contained in the amended constitutions of the southern States, and in the laws passed by those States since the overthrow of the rebellion, so far as the same have been received at this department. Respectfully submitted. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. The PRESIDENT. NORTH CAROLINA. The convention of this State, on the 9th of October last, adopted an ordinance prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude otherwise than for causes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted. A resolution of the convention of the l8th of October authorized the pro- visional governor to appoint a committee of three persons to prepare and report. Reproduced with permission from the University of Illinois at Chicago

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