March 07, 1854
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and the documents* therein referred to, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 26th March, 1853.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
*Correspondence with R. C. Schenck, United States minister to Brazil, relative to the African slave trade.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201894