House Unpassed Legislation 1861, laid on the table, SC1/series 230, Petition of J. Sella Martin

Petition subject: Against the constitutional amendment that would disenfranchise colored citizens Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018096 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Branning, Lee; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:J. Sella MartinGeorge T. DowningMark R. DeMortieCharles ThompsonB.D. JacksonW. AndersonRussell GoulHenry MitchellHenry WilsonPeter HawkinsJohn B. BaileyJ. Lockley MarshallT.G. WilliamsE.F.B. Mundrucu[J.L. Ruffin?]H.F. LeeB.C. GregoryR. WillsonG.F. BarreauJames W. FlintJoseph A. SpragueJonas W. ClarkGeorge W. BrownWilliam H. MillerBenjamin DeShieldsCoffin PittsRichmond JohnsonThomas LeeS.H. LewisHorace J. MartinJ.H. ColbertW.H. SmithJ.H. SmithWilliam H. StoutB.H. GloveDaniel CavalierJoseph HarrisNelson PerkinsGeorge F. CasttellThomas WashingtonSamuel LockeJohn E. RobinsonRichard GreenerA.F. ClarkA.F. Clark Jr.J.L. RuffinJ.L. MarshallHenry RandolphEugene BradleyJohn F. BrownR.W. HollowayJoshua BrothersAsa BoothNathaniel BoothJohn W.B. SmithRobert Johnson Jr.Francis L. GirardEdward W. JohnsonJohn W. AndersonJames B. WatkinsJames B. WatkinsWilliam R. Brown[Charles H. Storms?]J.P. MilesL.A. SampsonFrederick H. JohnsonCharles HensonWilliam H. WashingtonFrancis WatkinsWilliam ReddingGeorge H. BradfordJames H. BradfordJohn HolleyJames MurrayLouis E. Blair[Littleton Wateter Bradly?]Sidney DorseyJohn AtkinsGeorge WashingtonCharles StewartWilliam ProctorThomas Lee[Zimei Lew?]Henry TilfordRobert JohnsonJohn V. de GrasseJoel JohnsonJ.A. SpragueWilliam B. SavoyW.H. ChristopherJ.H. ChristopherP.Y. SmithJohn L. BaileyGeorge ThompsonCharles WilliamsJ.R. AndrewsWilliam H. JonesJohn E. BarreauHenry BeanJohn J. SmithA.B. LeeHenry Z. BurckmeyerJoseph EdwardsGeorge ColmanLawrence DavidJoseph HarrisGeorge JonesJames WatkinsD.W. Richards[John Heston?]Milton MultrieEdward C. DayWilliam C. NellJames M. TitusWilliam Thompson Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-06,1861-02-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 6, 1861 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 7, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 118 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 118 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, colored citizens of Massachusetts, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Reverend, heretofore felt perfectly secure in the enjoyment of the rights pertaining to such citizenship, defender of the rights of the minority when they are threatened by the actions of the majority, commissioners to Washington D.C. to represent this state in the convention there assembled, alteration of the national constitution, Virginia, disfranchises her colored citizens, The elective franchise and the right to hold office, whether Federal, State, Territorial, or municipal, shall not be exercised by persons who are in whole or in part of the African race., disenfranchisement, deeply humiliated as Americans to know that fellow countrymen could be guilty of even conceiving the injustice contained in the proposition referred to, never abused the right of franchise or any trust imposed upon us by the state Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, laid on the table Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.