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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: may 23, 1862., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) or search for South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) in all documents.
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The negro question in the Yankee Congress.the South Carolina Contrabands."
In the Yankee House of Representatives, on the 14th of May, the appropriation bill being under consideration, Mr Calvert, of Md., offered the following:
"Provided that no portion of the appropriation in this bill shall be applied to keeping, supporting, or equipping negroes or fugitive slaves for service in the Army of the United States."
Mr. Wickliffe offered an amendment, as follows:
"Nor shall they employ or enlist in the service of the United States slaves or runaway negroes"
I offer this amendment for the purpose of eliciting information with reference to a subject upon which I addressed the War Department, but received no answer.
I want a disclosure made with reference to certain facts, of which I am myself perfectly satisfied.
I have information, direct from Port Royal, that the slaves who have been taken mostly all desire to return to their masters, and are prohibited from