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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08667 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade |
| Date | 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and Seward are the two signers of the treaty. The message was read to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed on 10 June, 1862 Printed by the U.S. G.P.O. Senate Executive Documents no. 57. |
| Subjects | Abolition Slavery Slave Trade African American History Africa Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Government and Civics Treaty President Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell (1817-1887) Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; Foreign Affairs; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |