INDEX.

Abolition, in the D. C., § 98, C 62, C 65; of the slave trade in the D. C., B 25. See also Antislavery, Emancipation.

Abolitionists, known to slaves, § 63. efforts on the Underground Railroad, § 76. See also Antislavery.

Acorn, ship, § 54.

Act, first fugitive slave, B 9; second fugitive slave, B 31; Grimes, C 51; Blair, C 58; repealing fugitive slave act, C 83. See also Bill.

Adams, ——, against fugitive slave bill, § 20.

Adams, J. Q., in Treaty of Ghent Convention, § 22; presented petitions, § 44.

Advertisement, of runaways, § 3; colonial, § 5; later, § 65, § 96; of probable place of refuge of an habitual runaway, § 66.

Albany, escapes from, § 8, A 50.

Aldrich, amendment, C 58.

Alexander, Archer, D 69.

Alien and Sedition Acts, absorb attention, § 19.

Allen, Henry W., tried for kidnapping, § 58.

Amendments to the Constitution, § 104.

Amsterdam, banishes runaway colonists, A 15.

Anderson case, § 23, D 65.

Antislavery men, biographies of, E 4.

Antislavery reminiscences, E 9.

Antislavery sentiment, rise of, § 33.

Antislavery societies, character of work, § 41; reports of, E 10.

Apprentices, fugitive, A 9, A 39.

Arbitration, in Creole case, § 24.

Army officers, arrests by, § 95.

Arrest, negro liable to, § 65; by army officers, § 95.

Articles of Confederation, fugitive slave clause in, § 8, § 14, A 8.

Articles of war, resolution on, C 47; bill for an additional, § 95.

Artis, Jordan, advertisement of, § 65.

Ashley, repeal bill, § 101, C 80.

Athenæum, Boston, E 2.

Attorneys, to defend fugitives, § 78; forbidden to act, § 81.

Attucks, Crispus, escape of, § 5, D 6.

Badger, on fugitive slave bill, § 31.

Bahamas, treatment of fugitives in, § 22, § 24.

Bass, aids S. Northrup, § 38.

Batchelder, James, death of, § 55.

Bath, escape from, D 56

Bell, Governor. See Ohio.

Benton Resolution, B 24.

Bermudas, treatment of fugitives in, § 24.

Bill, for a new fugitive slave law, reported, § 17-§ 20, § 21, § 27; character of, 1802, § 19; principles of, 1818, § 19-§ 20; for amending, § 20; on Maryland resolutions, § 21; Douglas's, C 17; Lovejoy's, C 35, C 66; Wilson's, C 42, C 48, C 54, C 56; Howe's, C 49; Davis's C 50, C 57; confiscation, C 68, C 72, C 73, C 79; abolition, C 62, C 65; Harris's, C 59, C 67, C 71; Clark's, C 72; Julian's, C 45, C 76; emancipation, C 73, C 75, C 78; repeal, C 80; Stevens's, C 80; Ashley's, C 80; Sumner's, C 80, C 83; Spalding's, C 80; House substitute, C 83. See also Acts.

Bingham, ——, on Blair bill, § 95; resolutions, § 97, C 39; amendments, C 58, C 67.

Black Code, in the D. C., resolution on, C 33; bill to repeal, C 56.

Blair, ——, bill, § 95; Act, C 58.

Blake, ——, introduces repeal bill, § 87.

Boston massacre, Attucks killed in, § 5.

Boston, schooner, case of, § 47, D 21.

Boucher, Rev. John, on Washington's education, § 1.

Bound servants, escape from Virginia, § 9.

Bourne, ——, appointed on committee, § 17.

Bowditch, H. I. See Latimer Journal.

Boyle, ——, Brigadier General in Sherwood case, § 94.

Bright, ——, Explanatory Bill, B 34.

Brown, on repeal bill, § 103.

Brown, John, in Missouri and Kansas, § 62; plan of, § 62; effect of raid, § 102; case, D 63.

Brown, Mary, demands arrest of Hamlet, § 53.

Browne, William, story of escapes, § 9.

Browne, William, a runaway, § 66.

Buchanan, James, presidential message of, § 86, C 1.

Burnett, Governor, conference with Indians, demands slave, § 8.

Burns, Anthony, arrest and trial, § 55, D 57; use of court-house in his case, § 81.

Butler, ——, proposition on fugitive slave clause, § 15; on fugitive slave bill, § 31; reports fugitive slave bill, B 30.

Butler, General B. F., on "contrabands," § 88.

Calhoun, Resolution, § 24, B 20.

California, sanctions rendition, § 80.

Calvert, appointed on committee, made chairman, § 17.

Cape May, escapes to, D 3.

Carlisle, fugitive slave case in, § 43.

Cases, legal, change in character of, § 33; classification of, § 33; principle of selection of, § 52.

Certificate, evidence for conviction, § 8.

Chandler, Zachary, introduces confiscation bill, § 90; confiscation act, C 31.

Chase, S. P., on fugitive slave law, § 32; on payments under law of 1850, B 38; offers amendments, B 30.

Cherokees. See Treaty.

Chickasaws. See Treaty.

Chickasaw case, § 42, D 20.

Christiana case, § 60, D 49; influence traced, § 60.

Choctaws. See Treaty.

Clarence, ——, joint resolution, C 23.

Clark, ——, reports confiscation bill, § 91; substitute, § 91; resolution, B 34; amendments, C 51; C 78; confiscation bill, C 72.

Clarke, J. F., quoted, § 51, § 55, § 67, § 73.

Clay, Henry, see Gallatin; provision on fugitives, § 29; on Shadrach case, § 57, B 33; amendment, B 30.

Cochrane, joint resolution, C 2.

Colfax, Schuyler, resolution, C 77.

Collamer, ——, amendments, C 53, C 67.

Colonial regulation, began early, § 2; cases, § 1-§ 12; legislation, Appendix A.

Colonists, runaway, A 15.

Colony, of fugitives, § 66.

Columbia, case in, D 15.

Comet case, § 24.

Commissioners, of United Colonies, complain of fugitives, § 11; duty of, § 30.

Committee, for a new fugitive slave law, § 17; on the fugitive slave law, § 17-§ 21, § 24; on Maryland resolution, § 21; to prevent outrages, § 45; conference, § 91; amendments by, C 31, C 48, C 51; on judiciary, instructed, § 27; report a fugitive slave law, § 27.

Compromise, resolution affirming, B 35; fugitive slave act, C 25.

Conferences, between Indians and the Governor of New York, § 8.

Confiscation, of slaves of rebels, § 89; report on, C 60; bill, § 90, § 91; amendments, § 90; provisions extended, § 90, § 91; presented, § 90, § 91; act approved by President, § 91; Trumbull's, C 30, C 37, C 52; Chandler's, C 31; Davis's, C 50; coupled with emancipation, C 44, C 69, C 73; amendments to, C 57, C 67, C 71; Harris's, C 59, C 63, C 67, C 71; Clark's, C 72; progress of, C 79; Morrill's joint resolution, C 40.

Congress, action of, from 1847 to 1850, § 27.

Connecticut, legislation in, § 4; in the New England confederation, § 8; offers reward, § 8; emancipation in, § 14; Personal Liberty Laws in, § 78, § 79, § 82; servants in, A 9; against runaways, A 67, A 78, A 79.

Constitution, fugitive slave clause in, § 16, B 7; defended slavery, § 16; amendments proposed, C 22.

Constitutional Convention, fugitive question in, § 15.

Contrabands, origin of term, § 88.

Convention, in Treaty of Ghent, § 22. See also Constitutional Convention.

Conviction of a fugitive, evidence necessary, § 18.

Cooledge, N., in Latimer case, § 44.

Court, Commissioners, how chosen, § 30. See also Conviction, Trials.

Court-house assaulted, § 58.

Cowden, Colonel, in Wisdom case, § 94.

Cox, ——, resolution, C 5; on repeal bill, § 102.

Crafts, William and Lucy, escape of, § 69, D 41.

Creek Indians, escapes to, § 8; treaty with, § 22; restoration clause in treaty, B 11.

Creole, case of, § 24.

Crittenden, joint resolution, C 13, C 24.

Curtis, Commissioner, § 54.

Curtis, Judge, trial of, § 55.

Dagget amendment, § 19, B 14.

Dana, R. H., defends Burns, § 55;

Daniel, offered for sale, § 66.

Davis, amendment, B 30; bill, C 50; substitute bill, C 57; amendments, C 58.

Davis, Charles G., in Shadrach case, § 57.

Dayton amendment, B 30.

Debate, on fugitive slave clause in the constitution, § 15; on fugitive slave bill, § 17-§ 19; on the slave trade, § 19; on the fugitive slave act, § 19, § 20; on the admission of Missouri, § 21; on slavery in the D. C., § 28; on the fugitive slave law of 1850, § 31, § 32.

De Bere, John, in Shadrach case, § 57.

Delaware, regulation of servants and slaves, A 70.

Delawares, fugitive slave clause in treaty, B 1.

Diggs, S. T. P., in Anderson case, § 23.

Dismal Swamp, refuge for fugitive, § 66.

District of Columbia, slavery in, § 28; repeal of jail laws in, § 97, § 98; Grimes's bill, § 97, § 98; debate on abolition of slavery in, § 98; resolution on repeal of the Black Code in, C 33; bill for emancipation in, C 42; act on criminal justice in, C 51; bill, C 54; bill to repeal Black Code in, C 56; bill for the abolition of slavery in, C 62, C 65.

Drayton, ——, Captain, aids fugitives, § 50.

Drayton and Sayres, case of, § 50, D 40.

Douglass, Frederick, method of escape, § 68, § 75, D 23.

Douglas, Stephen A., joint resolution, C 14.

Dutch Colonies, along the coast, § 1; regulations on fugitives, § 2, § 4; legislation in, § 6. See also New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.

East Jersey, against fugitives, § 2, A 41; against runaways, A 45.

Eldridge, Captain, of brig Chickasaw, § 42.

Eliot, ——, introduces confiscation bill, § 91; bill, C 69 substitute bill, C 78.

Elton, Governor, action in fugitive slave case, § 11.

Emancipation, in Great Britain, § 24; resolutions on, § 91; in the District of Columbia, C 42; bill, C 75; coupled with confiscation, C 44, C 69, C 73; of fugitives from disloyal masters, bill for, C 78.

Emancipation proclamation, effect of, as a war measure, § 92.

Encomium, case of, § 24.

England. See Great Britain.

English, ——, joint resolution, C 8.

English colonies, § 1. See Colonies.

Enterprise, case of, § 24.

Escape, by ferries, § 4; methods of investigation of, § 63; methods of, § 63; motives for, § 64; to the woods, § 66; to the North, § 67; by laundry work, § 67; by coach, § 69; by passports, § 75; general effect of, § 76; from English to French, D 5. See also Fugitives, Runaways.

Extradition, no system of, in the colonies, § 9.

False testimony, punished, § 82.

Faneuil Hall, mass meetings in, § 44, § 55.

Fee, of commissioners, § 30.

Felons, runaway apprentices, A 4.

Felony, when guilty of, § 82.

Ferries, escapes by, § 4.

Fessenden, ——, requests investigation of the District of Columbia jail, § 97, C 38.

Fitch, ——, resolutions affirming the Compromise, B 35.

Florence, ——, joint resolutions, C 15, C 18.

Florida, escapes to, § 8; Seminole trouble in, § 23.

Fortress Monroe, contrabands at, § 88.

Free negroes, penalty for harboring fugitives, § 4; condition of, § 25.

Free States, difficulty of transporting slaves across, § 36.

French colonies, interval of unpopulated country south, § 1; refuse to return fugitives, § 11.

Friendship, ship, case of, § 5, D 10.

Frontiers, places of refuge, § 23.

Fugitive apprentices, act applies to, § 18. See also servants.

Fugitives, evidence to convict, § 19; status on the high seas, § 24; penalty for harboring, § 30, A 80; pursuit interfered with, § 41; length of journeys, § 67; disguised as whites, § 69; how conducted on the underground railroad, § 72; in loyal slave states, § 93; typical cases of, during the war, § 94; arrests of, by civil officers, advertisement of, § 96; entertainment of, A 6; against, A 11, A 12; resolution for the discharge of, C 32; bill to prevent return of, C 35; resolution against the return of, C 43, C 46; bill on the arrest of, by army and navy officers, C 48; act to prohibit return by the army, C 58; resolution on the return of, by the army and navy, bill on the return of, by the army, resolution demanding trial by jury for, C 61, C 66, C 77; bill for the emancipation of fugitives from disloyal masters, C 78. See also Runaways, Escapes; see Table of Contents.

Fugitive Slaves, appeal for, § 19; status of question from 1823 to 1847, § 20, § 23; resolutions on, § 95; question discussed, § 95; arrest by army officers, § 95; resolutions on the return of, resolution on army orders on, C 28, C 36; resolution on, C 74; sources of information on, general histories of, E 1, E 3; secondary sources of information on, original sources of information on, autobiographies of, records of trials of, periodicals and newspapers upon, E 3, E 5, E 6, E 7, E 11; materials for study of legislation upon, E 12. See also Escapes, Fugitives, Runaways, and Table of Contents.

Fugitive Slave Act, first (1793), § 16, § 17; first called for, § 17; necessity of the act, § 17; passed the Senate, passed the House, § 17; signed by the President, § 17; text, B 9; followed earlier examples, § 17, § 18; status of opinion on, § 17; remained inoperative, § 16, § 17; to enforce the, B 29.

Fugitive Slave Act, second (1850), attempts to secure, § 20, § 21; secured, § 29; introduced by Mason, § 29, B 30; Webster proposes, B 30; substitute offered, B 30; passed Congress, § 29; necessity of, urged, § 31; arguments for, § 31; arguments against, § 32; provisions of, § 30; text of, B 31; unpopularity of, § 51; no moral foundation, § 51; declared unconstitutional, § 85; non-execution of, § 85; resolution to amend, C 45.

Fugitive Slave Acts repealed (1864), repeal urged, § 85; status of, § 100; early propositions, § 101; discussion, § 101; repeal bill, § 101; passed, § 103; repeal bill discussed, § 103; bill to amend, C 25; repeal bills, C 49, C 76, C 80, C 82; repeal bill passes, § 103; text of, § 104, C 83.

Fugitive Slave Bill of 1818, passed the House, § 19, § 20; title of, § 20; failure in the Senate, § 21.

Fugitive Slave Cases. See Table of Contents.

Fugitive Slave Clause, in the New England Articles of Confederation, § 8; in the Constitution, § 15-§ 16; in the Treaty of Ghent, § 22, B 12.

Fugitive Slave Controversy, educating effect of, recapitulation of, § 105.

Fugitive Slave Legislation, opposed by Northern States, § 25; inadequacy of, proved, § 26; necessity of more stringent, § 26; proposition for new, § 27; must be carried out, § 49; new element in, § 79; in 1860, § 85; resistance to, declared felony, § 86; propositions to repeal or amend, § 87; after emancipation proclamation, § 92.

Gallatin, Albert, in Treaty of Ghent, § 22.

Gannett, case of, D 44.

Gansey, Isaac, case of, D 24.

"Gap Gang," aid kidnappers, § 60.

Gardiner, ——, commissioner in Hamlet case, § 53.

Garner, Margaret, flight and seizure, § 56.

Garner, Robert, flight and seizure, § 56.

Garner, Simeon, flight and seizure, § 56; case D 58.

Garrett, Thomas, trial and fine, reward offered for, § 74.

Gatchell case, D 61.

Georgia, difficulty in recovery of fugitives in, § 8; Governor of, demands fugitives from justice, § 47.

Gibson case, D 45.

Giddings resolution, § 28, B 23, B 25, B 27, B 28.

Glasgow, freedom case in, § 12, D 7.

Glocester, given jurisdiction over runaways, A 24.

Glover case, D 55.

Goin case, D 29.

Gorsuch, Edward, claims a fugitive, § 60.

Grahame, Thomas, in freedom case, § 12.

Grayson, ——, on fugitive slave clause, § 15.

Great Britain, status of fugitives in, § 12; diplomatic relations, § 12; encouragement of fugitives, § 22, § 23; pays indemnity, § 24. See also England.

Great Dismal Swamp, refuge for runaways, § 66.

Grey, James B., demands a fugitive, § 44.

Grimes, criminal justice bill, § 97; act, C 51; amendments, C 64, C 74.

Hale, ——, resolution, § 95, C 41; amendment, C 82.

Hall, ——, resolution, § 28, B 26.

Hamlet, James, case, § 53, D 43.

Hannum, Captain, in Ottoman case, § 45.

Hanway, Castner, in Christiana case, § 60.

Harlan, ——, amendment, C 51.

Harris, ——, introduces confiscation bill, § 91; confiscation bill, C 59, C 67, C 71; amendment, C 64.

Hartford, fugitive harbored in, § 11; treaty of, ratified, A 14; controversy with New Netherlands, D 1.

Harvard College, Library of, E 2.

Henderson amendment, C 82.

Hepburne, Judge, in Kennedy case, § 43.

Higginson, T. W., in Burns case, § 55.

Hilliard, Mrs. G. S., harbors a fugitive, § 75.

Hillyer, ——, finality resolution, B 37.

Hindman, ——, proposition, § 86; joint resolution, C 10.

Holmes, ——, on the fugitive slave bill, § 20.

Howard, ——, amendment, C 82.

Howe, ——, repeal bill, 83, C 49.

Hubbard, ——, on repeal bill, § 102; resolution, C 83.

Illinois, no full personal liberty law in, § 80.

Immigration, into Missouri, § 21.

Impeachment, ground for, § 81.

Imprisonment of a runaway, § 65.

Indented Servants. See Servants.

Indiana, personal liberty law in (1824), § 78, § 80.

Indians, received fugitives in the wilderness, § 1; as slaves, § 1; as slave hunters, § 8; conferences with, § 8; escapes to, § 9. See Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Delawares, Seminoles.

Intercolonial cases, early agreements as to fugitives, § 1, § 2; agreement between the Dutch and English, § 8; difficulty of arranging regulations, § 8; first contained in Articles of Confederation, § 8; dependent upon intercolonial feeling, § 9; case of escape of slaves, § 11.

Interferences and rescues, § 41.

International cases, earliest, § 11; relations unsettled, § 10; regulations under the Articles of Confederation, § 13.

Interstate relations, affected by Prigg decision, § 46.

Iowa, personal liberty laws in, § 80.

Iredell, on fugitive slave clause, § 15.

Isaac, case of, § 47, D 24.

Jackson, ——, resolution, B 36.

Jager, Cornelis Herperts de, escape of servants of, § 7.

Jail, in the District of Columbia, resolution on, § 97; denied to fugitives, § 97, B 27, 28. See District of Columbia.

Jails, State, not to be used, § 44; denied to fugitives, § 57; denial constitutional, § 83; use forbidden, § 82; See also Personal Liberty Bill.

Jefferson, Thomas, proposition, § 14.

John case, § 17, D 11.

Johnson, joint resolution, C 12, C 27; amendment, C 83.

Johnson Case, D 60.

Johnston, on committee, § 17.

Jones, George, case, § 37, D 19.

Julian, George W., repeal bills, § 101, C 76, C 80; resolution, C 45.

Jury trial, not admitted, § 8; disuse of, § 78.

Kansas, personal liberty laws in, § 80, § 82.

Kellogg, ——, joint resolution, C 19, C 20, C 21.

Kennedy case, § 43, D 35.

Kentucky, resolutions, § 23; petition of Legislature, § 27; demands extradition of abettors of fugitives, § 48; controversy with Ohio, D 37.

Kidnapping, suggests new fugitive slave law, § 17; from 1793 to 1850, § 25; in border States, § 25; character of cases, § 36; enlists sympathy, § 71; regulations against, § 99.

Kilgore, resolution, § 87, C 11.

King, ——, on repeal bill, § 102.

Kirk case, D 33.

Kline, Marshal, demands assistance, § 60.

L'Amistad case, § 24.

Latimer, George, case of, § 44, D 28; effect, § 81; daily journal, § 44.

Leake, ——, joint resolution, C 9.

Le Screux, slave on, § 11.

Lewis case, D 54.

Lewis, Elijah, prosecution of, § 60, D 49.

Liberator, kidnapping case in, § 99. See Newspapers.

Liberty, love of, by slaves, § 64.

Liberty Party, convention of, § 58.

Libraries, use of, E 2.

Lincoln, President, preliminary proclamation, § 92; final emancipation proclamation, § 92.

List, counsel in Shadrach case, § 57.

Loring, Ellis Gray, in Shadrach case, § 57; Crafts taken to house of, § 69.

Louisiana, escape of slaves from, § 21.

Lovejoy, bills, § 95; C 35, C 66; resolutions, C 29, C 44; amendment, C 38.

Madison, on fugitive slave clause, § 15.

Maine, Governor of, refuses to surrender fugitives from justice, § 47; personal liberty law in, § 82.

Malbronne, Ensign de, loses servant, § 11.

Mallory, ——, on Blair bill, § 95; on repeal, § 102.

Manhattan, escape to, § 7, D 2.

Mansfield, Lord. See Somersett case.

Market women, on Underground Railroad, § 75.

Maryland, regulations on fugitives, § 2, § 3; offers reward, § 8; letter from, to New Netherlands, § 11; fugitives escape from, § 11; resolution, § 21; resolutions debated, § 21, B 18; offers reward for Thomas Garrett, § 74; regulations against runaways, A 4, A 11, 12, A 26, A 28, A 31, A 38, A 40.

Mason, of Massachusetts, on the fugitive slave bill, § 20.

Mason, of Virginia, fugitive slave bill, § 29, B 30; amendment, § 29; argument, § 31.

Massachusetts Bay, regulation against transportation of apprentices and servants, A 63; on the capture of servants in, A 2; regulation of free negroes, A 53.

Massachusetts Colony, first law as to fugitives, § 4; in the New England Confederation, § 8; emancipation in, § 14; first fugitive slave case in, § 34.

Massachusetts State, Governor of, advised, § 81; personal liberty law, § 79, § 80, § 81; no recovery of fugitives in, § 85.

May, S. J., in "Jerry" case, § 58.

McClernand, ——, C 9.

McHenry, "Jerry," case, § 58, D 51.

McLanahan, ——, resolution, B 32.

Meade, ——, proposition, § 27; resolution, B 29.

Meionaon, mass meetings in, § 55.

Merrill, Amos B., in Latimer case, § 44.

Mexico, as a place of refuge, § 23.

Michigan, personal liberty laws in, § 80, § 82;

Miller, in kidnapping case, § 61, D 50.

Miner, Jo, advertisement of, § 96.

Minnesota, personal liberty law in, § 80.

Missouri, admission of, § 21; Anderson case in, § 23; Governor of, offers reward for John Brown, § 62.

Missouri Compromise, fugitive slave clause in, § 21, B 16; period of, § 21.

Mob, provisions against, § 30.

Morgan, Margaret. See Prigg Case.

Morrill, ——, resolution, C 40.

Morris, cutter, in Burns case, § 55.

Morris, ——, substitute reported, § 101; on repeal bill, § 102; resolution, C 3; joint resolution, C 16.

Morris, John B., demands a fugitive slave, § 42.

"Moses." See Harriet Tubman.

Murray, ——, motion, § 19.

Nalle case, D 64.

Nassau, fugitives in, § 24.

Negroes, ignorance of, § 67; regulation of, A 65; against escape of, A 78; petition of a soldier, § 19; free, how affected, § 20; regulation of, A 53. See also Fugitives.

New Amsterdam, escape of servants from, § 7; trial at, § 9. See also New Netherlands.

New England, regulations as to fugitives, § 4.

New England Confederation, composition of, § 8; articles of, A 8.

New Hampshire, legislation in, § 4, A 61; personal liberty laws in, § 80, § 82;

New Haven, in the New England Confederation, § 8.

New Jersey, regulations on fugitives, § 3, A 32, A 39, A 42; sanctions rendition, § 80; slaves, A 55; white servants, A 56.

New Netherlands, legislation in, § 4; on fugitive slave cases, § 11; regulations against runaways, A 1, A 3, A 5, A 10, A 14, A 19; Quakers, A 29; controversy with Hartford, D 1. See also Dutch Colonies.

New York, regulation on fugitives, § 8, A 50, A 51, A 59; Governor of, in Solomon Northrup case, § 38; refusal to return abettors of fugitives, § 47; personal liberty laws, § 80, § 82, § 83; slaves, A 49; prevention of insurrections, A 68; kidnapping in, § 99.

Niblack, ——, resolution, C 7.

Nicholson, on committee, § 19.

Norfolk, kidnapping cases in, § 99, D 68.

Oberlin Case, § 40, D 26.

Oberlin-Wellington, rescue, § 59, D 62.

Officers, return of fugitives by army and navy, C 53.

Ohio, fugitives protected in, § 21; refusal to return abettors of fugitives, § 48; personal liberty law, § 80, § 82.

Olmsted, F. L., quoted, § 65.

"Omnibus Bill," fugitive slave provision in, § 29.

Ordinance of 1787, for the Northwest Territory, § 14, § 15; confirmed, § 16.

Ottoman case, § 45, D 34.

Parker, Theodore, speaks on Burns' case, § 55; indicted for riot, § 55; protects William and Lucy Crafts, § 69.

Parker, William, in Christiana case, § 60.

Pass, necessity of, § 65.

Patrols, duty of, § 65.

Patroons, runaways from, A 1.

Peace Convention, amendment, C 22.

Pearl, carries fugitives, § 50.

Penalties for escape, § 30; for violating personal liberty laws, § 80.

Pennsylvania, emancipation in, § 14; Governor of, in "John" case, § 17; act of, reported, § 21, B 17; fugitives abetted in, § 21; personal liberty laws in, § 80, § 82; regulation of servants, A 48; regulation of negroes, A 65; harboring of fugitives, A 80; case in, D 46.

Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, efforts in behalf of "John," § 17; petition of, § 20; efforts of, § 25.

Pensacola, Walker embarks from, § 50.

Personal Liberty Laws, passed, § 25; character of, § 77; before the Prigg decision, § 78; between the Prigg decision and the Second Fugitive Slave Law, § 79; occasioned by the law of 1850, § 80; change in character, § 80; table of, § 80; distribution among States, § 80; report on, § 81; effect of, § 83, § 105; constitutionality of, § 83;, obstruction by, § 85; repeal urged, § 85; resolution against, § 86; Saulsbury substitute on, C 81.

Petition of North Carolina negroes, § 19; of free negroes, § 19; of a free colored soldier, § 19; of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, § 20; from the Kentucky Legislature, § 27; to remove jailer and sheriff in Latimer case, § 44; for an amendment to the Constitution, § 44; for a new personal liberty law, § 81.

Philadelphia, constitutional convention sits in, § 15; attempted rescue in, § 43, D 22.

Phillips, Wendell, speeches on Latimer case, § 44; addresses mass meeting, § 55; speaks on Burns' case, § 55; indicted for riot, § 55.

Pierce, Franklin, President, sends executive message, § 57; issues proclamation, § 57.

Pindall, on revision of the fugitive slave act, § 20; made chairman of committee, § 20; amendatory bill, B 10.

Pine Grove Plantation, probable refuge, § 66.

Pinckney, Gen. C. C., on the fugitive slave clause, § 15.

Plymouth, in the New England Confederation, § 8.

Pomeroy, ——, on confiscation bill, § 91;

Porter, ——, amendment, C 67.

Potter, R. J., advertisement by, § 96.

Powell, ——, on District of Columbia jail, § 97, joint resolution, C 28; amendment, C 51.

Pratt, ——, amendment, B 30.

Priggs vs. Pennsylvania case, § 25, D 18; consequences of, § 79; extracts from, B 22.

Proclamation, by West India Company, § 11; on Shadrach case, § 57; emancipation, § 91.

Prosecutions, carried on, § 49; after "Jerry" rescue, § 58; of Oberlin-Wellington rescuers, § 59; of Wendell Phillips, § 55.

Protection papers, use of, § 68.

Pugh, George H., joint resolution, C 26.

Purrington, brig William, D 39.

Purvis, Robert, connection with Underground Railroad, § 75.

Quakers, arrange station on the Underground Railroad, § 71; fugitives hidden by, § 72; refused admission to New Netherlands, A 29.

Quincy, Josiah, account of first fugitive slave case in the North, § 34, D 12.

Raids, upon plantations, § 66.

Rantoul, Robert, Jr., in Sims case, § 54.

Read, ——, on committee, § 17.

Redemptioners, described, § 1; cases of, § 1; case of running away with negroes, § 3.

Refuge, place of, § 66.

Rendition, a duty, § 8. See also Fugitives.

Rescue, first case of, § 34.

Resolution, by Maryland Legislature, § 21; on relations with Canada, § 23; Kentucky, § 23; on fugitives on the high seas, § 24; Giddings, § 28; against the return of Latimer, § 44; to base representation on free persons, § 44; Georgia Legislature, § 47; on arrests by army officers, § 95; Fitch, B 35; Jackson, B 36; Hillyer, B 37; Chase, B 38; Cochrane's joint, C 2; Morris, C 3; Leake, C 4; Cox, C 5; Stevenson, C 6; Niblack, C 7; English joint, C 8; McClernand joint, C 9; Hindman, C 10; Kilgore, C 11; Johnson's joint, C 12, 27; Crittenden's joint, C 13; Douglas's joint, C 14; Florence, C 15, C 18; Morris's joint, C 16; Kellogg's joint, C 19, C 20, C 21; Clarence's joint, C 23; Crittenden's joint, C 24; Pugh's joint, C 26; Powell's joint, C 28; Lovejoy's, C 29; Wilson's, C 32, C 33, C 47, C 55, C 61; Clark, C 34; Sumner, C 36; Fessenden, C 38; Bingham, C 39; Morrill's confiscation joint, C 40; Hale, C 41; Sumner, C 43, C 74; Lovejoy, C 44; Julian, C 45; Shank, C 46; Colfax, C 77; Hubbard's repeal, C 83.

Revolution, did not change condition of slave, § 14.

Reward, offered by Missouri, § 62; by United States, § 62; by colonies, § 8.

Rhode Island legislation, § 4; emancipation, § 14; personal liberty law, § 79, § 80, § 82; regulation of ferries in, A 57.

Rice, ——, amendment, C 53.

Rice, John, kidnapped, § 59.

Rich, on the fugitive slave bill, § 20.

Riker, Richard, in Jones case, § 37.

Riley, ——, United States commissioner, § 57.

Rotch, aids escape, § 5.

Runaways, regulations against, § 6, § 8; easily regulated, § 8; the habitual, § 66; methods pursued, § 67; harboring upon a ship, § 67; regulations against, A 1, A 3, A 4, A 7, A 17, A 24, A 25, A 27, A 31, A 33, A 40, A 52, A 61, A 67; entertainment of, A 10, A 16, A 29, A 37, A 73; second offence, how punished, A 13; hue and cry after, A 18; from the Dutch, A 21; apprehension of, A 22; English, A 23; in Glocester, A 24; apprehension of, A 35, A 38; capture rewarded, A 37; prevention of, A 42; to Canada, A 50; trade with, inhibited, A 47; against ferriage of, A 57, A 74; minor, A 61; pursuit of, A 79.

Russia, Emperor of, arbitration by, § 22.

Saulsbury, amendments, C 51, C 53, C 58, C 70, C 81, C 82, C 83.

Savannah Georgian, advertisement in, § 66.

Secrecy, observed by fugitives, § 75.

Sedgwick, ——, on committee, § 17.

Seizure, of North Carolina negroes, § 19. See also Arrest, Kidnapping Cases.

Seminoles, steal slaves, § 22; trouble, § 23; United States claims on, B 19.

Sergeant, ——, on the fugitive slave bill, § 20.

Servants, English, A 25, A 28; an act concerning, A 60; regulation of, A 56, A 70, A 71; fugitive, A 9, A 19, A 21, A 32, A 39, A 41, A 45, A 67, A 78; how to know a, A 20. See also Fugitives, Runaways.

Sewall, Samuel E., counsels fugitives, § 44, § 57.

Seward, W. H., amendments, § 29, B 30.

Shadrach, case, § 57; personal liberty laws tested, § 81; Clay's resolution on, B 33; case, D 48.

Shank, ——, resolution, C 46.

Shanley vs. Haney case, D 8.

Shaw, Chief Justice, in Latimer case, § 44.

Shell, O. P., advertises a runaway, § 65.

Sheriff, power of, § 30.

Sherman, John, amendments, § 103, C 82.

Sherman, Roger, on the fugitive slave clause, § 15; on committee, § 17.

Sherwood, Major, case of servant of, § 94, D 67.

Ship, refuge for runaways, § 67; slave on Brazilian, D 36.

Ship-masters, Dutch, rewarded, A 21.

Sims, Thomas M., case, § 54; brigade, § 54; court-house used as jail, § 81; case, D 47.

Slaves, conditions of life, § 65; Mother's Farewell, extract from, § 64; stealing of, A 77; abolition of trade in, § 20; status of, in England, § 22; question of damages, § 30; must wear livery, § 65; new conditions surround, § 88; regulation of, A 49, A 54, A 55, A 60, A 64, A 67, A 70, A 71, A 72; extradition of, B 21; status on the high seas, B 20, B 23; of the Dutch, escape to the English, § 8; escape to the forest, § 8; of rebels, resolutions on, § 88; bill to free, C 52.

Slaveholder, demand for legislation, § 15; basis of, argued, § 16; complaints of, § 19.

Slave-hunters, how received, § 72; insurrections to prevent, A 68.

Slavery, condition in the colonies, § 11; interests advanced, § 16; justification of, § 16; extinction of, § 33; attacked in Congress, § 89; abolition in the District of Columbia, § 98, C 62, C 65; studies of the institution of, E 3; studies of colonial, E 3; speeches upon, E 8.

Smith, ——, on fugitive slave law, § 20.

Smith, Gerrit, in Anderson case, § 23; in "Jerry" rescue, § 58.

Smithburg case, D 32.

Society for the Abolition of Slavery. See Pennsylvania.

Somersett case, § 12, D 9.

Soulé, ——, on the fugitive slave bill, § 31.

South Bend Case, D 38.

South Carolina, regulations on fugitives, § 2, § 3; difficulty in recovering fugitives, § 8; constitutional convention in, § 15; regulations against runaways, A 43, A 47, A 58, A 62, A 64; regulation of slaves, A 54, A 64, A 69, A 77.

Southern States, complain of Underground Railroad, § 76.

Spalding, ——, repeal bill, § 101, C 80.

Spanish colonies, interval of unpopulated country south, § 1.

Sprague, E., § 55.

State Jails. See Jails.

State Officers, power discussed, § 19, § 20; forfeiture of office, § 81; forbidden to act, § 79, § 81.

St. Augustine, escapes to, § 8.

St. Luc, Sieur de la Corne, negro servant of, § 11.

Staunton, General, in Sherwood case, § 94.

Stevens, ——, repeal bill, § 101, C 80; motion of, B 30.

Stevenson, ——, resolution, C 6.

Stewart, ——. See Somersett Case.

Story, Justice, decision in Prigg case, § 25.

Stuyvesant, Governor, in fugitive slave case, § 11.

Sumner, Charles, in Drayton case, § 50; resolutions, § 95; repeal bills, § 101, § 102, C 80; resolutions, C 36, C 43, C 74; amendment, C 57.

Suttle, Charles F., in Burns case, § 55.

Swain, John, suit for slave, § 5.

Swamps, as a refuge, § 66.

Swan, Captain, in Wisdom case, § 94.

Swedish colonies, along the coast, § 1; regulations on fugitives, § 2.

Syracuse, "Jerry" rescue in, § 58.

Taylor, ——, on committee, § 17.

Ten Eyck, ——, amendment, C 51; report of, C 80.

Thomas case, D 30.

Thompson, ——, case, D 27.

Treaty, of Hartford, fugitive slave clause in, A 14; of 1783, B 2; with Indian tribes, § 13, § 16, § 17, § 22, B 1, B 3, B 5, B 8, B 11, B 12, B 19; of Ghent, § 22, B 12; proposed with Great Britain, § 23.

Tremont Temple, mass meetings in, § 54.

Trial, by jury, not admitted, in first act, § 19; objected to, § 20; denied, § 30; proposed, § 87; resolution demanding, C 77.

Trumbull, confiscation bill, § 91, C 30, C 37; bill, C 52; amendments, C 31, C 57, C 78.

Tubman, Harriet, account of, § 73.

Tukey, Marshal, in Sims case, § 54.

Turc, escape of, § 9.

Underground Railroad, beginnings of, § 25; how regarded by the South, § 31; methods south of the Ohio, § 56; use of, by John Brown, § 62; incident at, § 64; description of, § 70; rise and growth, § 71; stations on, described, § 72; methods pursued, § 72; extent of system, § 71; origin of name, § 71; in the South, § 72; in the North, § 72; colored agents on, § 72, § 73; prosecution of agents, § 74; formal organization, § 75; market women as helpers, § 75.

Underwood, ——, amendment, B 30.

United Colonies, treaty with New Netherlands, A 14.

United States, reward offered for John Brown, § 62; in Seminole trouble, § 22; in Anderson case, § 23. See also Acts, Bills, Fugitives, Resolutions, Runaways.

United States Hotel, slave hunters at, § 69.

Vallandigham, C. L., amendment, C 25.

Van Zandt, aids fugitive, § 50, D 25.

Vermont, personal liberty laws in, § 79, § 80, § 82;

Vigilance committee organized, § 41; in "Jerry" rescue, § 58.

Villeinage, ceased in England, § 12.

Virginia, regulations on fugitives, § 3; rewards the recovery of a fugitive, § 8; slaves escape, § 8; constitutional convention in, § 15; Governor of, action in "John" case, § 17; demands arrest of abettors of a fugitive, § 47; regulation against the entertainment of fugitives, A 6; regulations against runaways, A 7, A 13, A 16, A 17, A 18, A 20, A 22, A 25, A 27, A 30, A 33, A 35, A 37, A 52; reward for the capture of runaways, A 21, A 36; on English runaways, A 22; in county of Glocester, A 24; repeal law, A 44; amends law, A 48; amended, A 66; against ferriage of runaways, A 74.

Walker, Jonathan, aids fugitives, § 50, D 31.

Walton, ——, amendment, C 67, C 74.

Washington, President, asks for the return of a fugitive, § 35, D 13.

Washington case, § 39, D 42.

Washington, jail, resolutions on, C 32, C 34, C 38, C 39, C 55. See also Jail.

Webster, Daniel, in Creole case, § 24; introduces bill, B 30.

Wellington. See Oberlin-Wellington.

West India Company, regulation of, § 2; execution of regulation § 7; ordinance of, A 1.

Whipping, motive for flight, § 64.

Whipple, ——, in kidnapping case, § 35.

White, ——, on committee, § 17.

White slaves. See Redemptioners, Servants.

Whitman, ——, on the fugitive slave bill § 19, § 20.

Williams case, D 17.

Williamson case, D 59.

Wilkins, Frederick. See Shadrach.

Wilson, ——, on Butler's proposition, § 15.

Wilson, Henry, on confiscation, § 90; bills, § 98, C 42, C 48, C 54, C 56; resolutions, § 95, § 97, C 32, C 33, C 47, C 55, C 61; amendment, C 71.

Winthrop, ——, amendment, B 30.

Winthrop, Governor John, in fugitive slave case, § 11.

Wisconsin, personal liberty laws in, § 80, § 82; Supreme Court decision, § 85.

Wisdom case, § 94, D 66.

Woodbridge resolutions, § 23, B 21.

Woods, as a refuge, § 1, § 66.

Wright, ——, presents Maryland Resolution, § 21.

Writ, of habeas corpus, in Somersett case, § 12; allowed, § 20; advisability of, § 19, § 20; refused, § 23; issued, § 42; of personal replevin, sworn out, § 44.

Yulee, on the fugitive slave law, § 31.