Editorial note — Chapter XVIII · : Future Condition Of Three Races—Part VIII
Henry Reeve translation
x [ The first act of session was made by the State of New York in 1780; Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, South and North Carolina, followed this example at different times, and lastly, the act of cession of Georgia was made as recently as 1802.]
y [ It is true that the President refused his assent to this law; but he completely adopted it in principle. (See Message of December 8, 1833.)]