New York, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9; Legislature passes resolutions against the extension of slavery, 16; slave population, 1820, 22; authorizes the enlistment of Negro troops in the War of 1812, 23; convention of the Anti-Slavery Women of America, 80; slave population, 1840, 99; right of suffrage granted to every male inhabitant, 163, amended, 163, 164; rights of Negroes denied, 164; number of Negro troops furnished by, 299; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

New York African Free School, organized, 165; list of the trustees, sketch of, school destroyed by fire, 166; Lafayette's address to the scholars, 168.

New York City, prominent Colored men of, 134; school for Negro slaves, 1704, 164, 165; Negro plot, 164; Negroes prohibited the use of the streets, kidnapped, N. Y. African Free School organized, 165; school-house destroyed by fire, 166; public schools for Colored children, 168-170; Union League Club raise Colored troops, 292; draft riot, Colored Orphan Asylum burned by mob, 328; first Methodist Episcopal chapel erected, 465.

New York Public School Society, assumes control of the Colored schools, 168.

New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, organized, 165.

"New York Times" (The), articles on Negro troops, 284, 301, 313, 314, 320.

"New York Tribune" (The), articles on Negro troops, 303-307, 353.

Nichols, Manuel, his testimony in regard to the Fort Pillow massacre, 361.

Nickens, Rev. David, Colored Baptist minister, 476.

Norfolk, Va., military savings-bank for Negroes established, 403.

North Carolina, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9, 1820, 22, 1830, 99, 1840, 1850, 100; Colored schools abolished, education of Negroes prohibited, 170; number of Negro troops furnished by, 300; comparative statistics of education, 388; institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392, 393; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

Northup, Solomon, narrative of, mentioned, 59.

Noxon, Thomas, teaches Negro slaves in New York, 165.

Oberlin College, Colored students admitted to, 172.

O'Connell, Daniel, extract of speech against slavery, 43.

Ohio, constitution adopted, 3; Negroes leave for Canada, 71; laws against free Negroes and Mulattoes, in, 112; fugitive-slave law recognized, 112; law to prevent kidnapping of free Negroes, 113; first constitution, 113, 114; free Negroes denied the right to vote, excluded from the militia service, separate schools, 119; Colored schools established, 170-172; number of Negro troops furnished by, 300; institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422; Negroes, members of the Legislature, 447.

Ohio Anti-Slavery Society, report on the condition of the people of color, 1835, 136-138.

Owen, Richard, first native Methodist preacher in America, 465.

Paducah, Ky., fort at, garrisoned by Negro troops, 345.

Park, Benjamin, report in favor of the modification of the ordinance of 1787, in Indiana Territory, 6.

Parker, Mary S., President of the Anti-Slavery Women of America, 80.

Parker, Theodore, favors the extinction of slavery, 48.

Paul, William, his connection with the Negro plot in Charleston, S. C., 1822, 85.

Payne, Daniel A., bishop of the African M. E. Church, 464.

Peck, Maj.-Gen. John J., letter to Gen. Pickett, relative to killing of Negro soldier after surrendering, 356.

Pemberton, John, bequest for the education of Colored people, 175.

Pennsylvania, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9; resolutions against the extension of slavery, 16; anti-slavery society, 20; slave population, 1820, 22; Quakers emancipate their slaves, 38; slave population, 1840, 100; Colored schools established, 172-178; number of Negro troops furnished by, 299; institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

Pennsylvania Abolition Society, establish Colored schools, 175, 176.

Perry, Capt. Oliver Hazard, letter to Commodore Chauncey, complaining of the Negro sailors sent him, 28; commends bravery of the Negro sailors at Lake Erie, 29.

Petersburg, Va., Negro troops engaged in the siege of, 335-337; lead the charge on the advance works, 338, 339.

Phelps, Brig.-Gen. J. W., report in favor of enlisting Negroes, 285; applies for arms and clothing for Negro regiments, his policy in regard to the employment of Negroes as soldiers, 286; resigns from the army, 287.

Philadelphia, Colored citizens of, send memorial to Congress, against the slave-trade, 2; anti-slavery newspaper, published, 38; national anti-slavery convention, 44; conventions of the people of color, 61, 68; prominent Colored men, 134; amount paid for their freedom, 134; churches, 135; first Colored school established, 172; Quakers establish school, 174; number of public schools, condition and population of the Colored people, 175; Negro troops recruited, 293; free military school for Negroes established, 295-298; first American Methodist conference, 465.

"Philanthropist" (The), office destroyed by a mob, 51.

Phoebe vs. Jay, case of, mentioned, 120.

Pickett, Maj.-Gen. J. E., letter to Gen. Peck, relative to killing of Negro soldier after surrender, 357.

Pierce, Rev. Charles, minister of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Pierce, Franklin, nominated for President of the United States, 106; elected, in favor of slavery, 107.

Pillsbury, Parker, member of the heterodox anti-slavery party, 48.

Pilmoor, Joseph, member of the first American Methodist conference, 466.

Planciancois, Anselmas, color-sergeant of the First Louisiana Regiment of Colored Troops, his reply on receiving the colors of the regiment, 316, 319; bravery and death, 319.

Poindexter, Rev. James, Colored Baptist minister, 476, 503.

Port Hudson, La., bravery of the Negro troops at the battle of, 308, 313, 317, 318, 322, 345.

Port Royal, S. C., first regiment of loyal Negroes, organized, 278.

Porter, Henry, his connection with the Negro insurrection in Southampton Co., Va., 87.

Potter, Henry, establishes school for Colored children, 183.

Poyas, Peter, his connection with the Negro plot in Charleston, S.C., 1822, 22.

Presbyterian church, the first Colored, Washington, D. C., organized, 189.

Prout, John W., establishes school for Colored children, 185, 186; opposed to the emigration of Negroes to Liberia, 185.

Providence, R. I., Colored school abolished, 178.

Quakers, emancipate their slaves, 35, 38; establish school for Negroes, 174; contribute money for the education of the latter, 198, 199.

Quincy, Ill., the Free Mission Institute destroyed by a mob, 159.

Quincy, Josiah, signs memorial against the increase of slavery, 16.

Quinn, Rev. William Paul, minister of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Randolph, John, report in Congress, against the modification of the ordinance of 1787, in Indiana Territory, 4.

Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, speech against slavery in the Legislature of Virginia, 33.

Rankin, Thomas, president of the first American Methodist conference, 466.

Rankin vs. Lydia, case of, mentioned, 120.

Ray, John F., his testimony in regard to the Fort Pillow massacre, 373.

Reconstruction, 1865-1875, 377-383.

Reeder, Gov. Andrew II., threatened by mob, leaves Kansas, 216.

Rees, Sergt. Henry, fires the mine at the siege of Petersburg, Va., 341.

Republican party, decline of the, 518; the presidential campaign of 1876, 519, 520.

Revels, Hiram R., succeeds Jefferson Davis in the U. S. Senate, 423.

Rhode Island, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9, 1820, 22; grants equal privileges to Negroes, 178; number of Negro troops furnished by, 299; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

Richardson, Mrs. Henry, raises money for the purchase of the freedom of Frederick Douglass, 431.

Richmond, Va., Negro plot, 1800, 83; Negroes armed for the defence of, 278; schools for the education of Negroes, 394-396.

"Richmond Enquirer" (The), mentioned, 89; on the Negro insurrection of 1831, 90, 92.

"Richmond Examiner" (The), on the treatment of captured Negro soldiers, 354, 355.

Roberts, Thomas Wright, bishop of the M. E. Church, 469.

Rodney, Caesar, report in favor of the modification of the ordinance of 1787 in Indiana Territory, 4.

Roman Catholic school for Colored people, 194, 212.

Ruffner, W. H., superintendent of public instruction, commended, 393; his report, 395.

Ruiz, Jose, passenger on the Spanish slaver "Amistad," 93; charged with piracy, 94.

Russell, Pero, free Negro, petitions for relief from taxation in Mass., 1780, 126.

Russworm, John B., teacher in the African school, Boston, Governor of Cape Palmas, Liberia, 162.

St. Frances Academy for Colored girls, founded, 160.

St. Mary's, Md., slaves imported to, 10.

Satchell, Rev. Charles, Colored Baptist minister, 476.

Saunders, George Nicholas, his connection with the proposed steam-ship line to Africa, 53.

Savannah, Ga., education of Negroes prohibited, 158.

Saxton, Brig.-Gen. Rufus, authorized to enlist Negroes, 283; establishes military savings-bank for Negroes, 403.

Scott, Dred, Negro slave, 114; his marriage, children of, 115; sues for his freedom, 114-118.

Scott, Lieut.-Gen. Winfield, Gen. Butler's letter to, declaring slaves contraband of war, 250; nominated for President, 106; defeated, 107.

Seward, William H., in favor of Union of the States, 230; speeches against slavery, 230, 231; letter to Gen. McClellan relative to fugitive slaves, 263.

Seymour, Horatio, opinion in regard to raising Negro troops, 292; addresses the draft rioters at New York, 328.

Shadford, George, member of the first American Methodist conference, 466.

Shaler, Capt. Nathaniel, letter commending the bravery of Negro sailors under his command, 30.

Shaw, Col. Robert Gould, commander of the 54th Mass. Regiment of Colored Troops, leads the assault on Fort Wagner, 329, 333; his death, 330, 333.

Shelton, Rev. Wallace, Colored Baptist minister, 503.

Sherman, Brig.-Gen. T. W., proclamation protecting slave property, 246; ordered to accept the services of all loyal persons to suppress the war, 278, 281.

Sherwood, Gen. Isaac R., his account of an attempt to secure a fugitive slave in his charge, 245, 246.

Shirley, Thomas, donates money for Colored school-house, 174.

Shorter, Rev. James, establishes Colored school, 213.

Shorter, James A., bishop of the African M. E. Church, 464.

Shurtleff, Capt. G. W., refuses to arrest fugitive slaves, 245.

Simpson, Rev. H. L., Colored Baptist minister, 476.

Slave-trade, on the coast of Guinea, secretly carried on in the United States, 2; American ships prohibited from supplying slaves from United States to foreign markets, 3; Jefferson recommends the abolishing of the, 8; Act of Congress in regard to persons engaged in the, 9; memorials against the, 10; illegal at St. Mary's, 10; vessels engaged in the, to be seized, 13; ship "Francis Todd," from Newburyport, Mass, engaged in the, 40; bill for the suppression of the, 53; Spanish slaver "Amistad," 93; number of slaves imported for the, from the year 1500 to 1860, 544.

Slavery, restriction and extension, 1800-1825, 1-22; increase of, 1800, 1; slave population in United States, 1800, 1, 2; the fugitive-slave law of 1793, source of persecution to the free Colored people, 2; growth of, in United States, 1810, 9; President Monroe's message to Congress on the question of, 12; resolutions in favor of restriction of, in the new States, 16; anti-slavery societies formed, Act for the gradual abolition of, in New Jersey, 20; attitude of the Northern press on the question of, 21; anti-slavery sentiments of the North, 22; retrospection and reflection, 1825-1850, 31-36; secured at the South, 31; Jefferson predicts the abolition of, 33; increase of, 33; speeches against, in the Legislature of Virginia, 33-35; evil effect upon society, 35; the South in favor of, 36; anti-slavery methods, 37-60; anti-slavery newspapers established, 38, 39; Buchanan's oration against, 1791, 38; first anti-slavery society established in United States, 43; O'Connell's speech against, 43; Sumner's speech, 46; the South entertains hope that, will become national, 98; increase in the United States, 99, 100; Congress has no authority to prohibit, Henry Clay's resolutions in Congress for the adjustment of, does not exist by law in the United States, 101; Senator Bell's resolutions, Jefferson Davis's speech in favor of, 102; Calhoun's speech, 103-105; President Pierce in favor of, 107; ignorance favorable to, 148; John Brown's speech against, 215; speeches of William H. Seward against, 230, 231; Lincoln's speech against, 230; Alexander H. Stephens's speech in favor of, 235; the extension of, the issue between the North and South, 236, 240; Lincoln's views on, 237-239; Rev. Justin D. Fulton's views on, 242, 243; Gen. McClellan's views on, 249; Greeley's letter to Lincoln, 253; Lincoln's reply, 254; struggle for the supremacy between the Union and, 259; Lincoln's views on, 264-266; resolutions of the Confederate Congress, 350, 351; abolished in the U. S., 377; the legal destruction of, and a constitutional prohibition, 419.

Slaves, number of, in the United States, 1800, 1, 2; free Colored men sold as, fugitive-slave law of 1793, cause of persecution to the Colored people, 2; American ships prohibited from supplying, from United States to foreign markets, 3; importation of, prohibited, 8; illegally imported to be forfeited, 8; number of, in United States, 1810, 9; circular-letter of the United States Navy Department in regard to the importation of, premium to informer for imported, seized in United States, 10; number of, in United States, 1820, 22; the right to hold, questioned, 32; increase of, 33; Quakers of Maryland and Delaware, emancipate their, 35; in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 38; from Baltimore, sent to New Orleans to be sold, 40; Washington emancipates, 43; insurrections of, 82-92; why kept in bondage, 82; plot of the, in Virginia, 1800, 83; insurrection in Southampton County, Va., 1831, 87-89; the "Amistad" captives, 93-96; number of, in United States, 1830, 1840, 99; Jefferson Davis's speech on the right to hold, 102; the "Dred Scott" case, 114-119; law in regard to executions against the time of service of, 119, 121; Act for the introduction of, into Indiana, 120; persons emancipating, in Ill. required to give bonds, 122; fugitive, seek refuge in Canada, 125; rendition of fugitive, by the army, 244; failure of attempts to secure fugitive, from the army, 245, 246; orders in regard to harboring fugitive, in the army, 248, 249; contraband of war, 250; Gen. Fremont's proclamation emancipating, in Missouri, 255; disapproved by President Lincoln, 256; Gen. Hunter's proclamation, 257; rescinded, 258; order to impress, to build fortifications for Confederate States, 261; emancipation proclamations, 261-275; Secretary Seward's letter in regard to, 263; President Lincoln's proclamation, 267-269; second proclamation, 272; enlist in the service of the Union, 281; fugitive, offer their services in the army, 285, 287; Judge Advocate Holt's letter on the enlistment of, 307; the U. S. Government justified in the employment of, as soldiers, 310; at the battle of Port Hudson, 316, Milliken's Bend, 326; bravery at battle of Nashville, Tenn., 342; resolutions of the Confederate Congress against the military employment of, by the U. S. Government, 350, 351; Confederate army refuse to exchange captured, 357, 358; results of emancipation, 384-418; character of the Southern, 414; contributors to the erection of the first M. E. chapel in N. Y., 465; number of, imported from Africa, from the year 1500 to 1860, 544; number of fugitive and manumitted, in United States, 1850, 146; education of prohibited, 148, 158, 178-181; the tax on, in Delaware, added to the school fund for the education of white children only, 157; proceeds of the sale of, in Florida, added to the school fund, 158; conduct regulated, and preaching of the Gospel by, declared unlawful in Miss., 163; school for, at N. Y., 1704, 164; Society for Promoting the Manumission of, organized, 165; meetings of, forbidden, 180; fugitive-slave bill passed, 215; aid for the relief of, in Kansas, 216; John Brown's plan for freeing, 219; increase of, 228; number in the United States, 1860, 229; value of labor products of, 1850, 229; number of owners of, 230; Constitution of the Confederate States, 233; Lincoln favors the gradual emancipation of, 239.

Smith, Abiel, founds school-house for Colored children, 162.

Smith, Elizabeth, establishes school for Colored children, 212.

Smith, James M., pupil of the N. Y. African free school, his address to Gen. Lafayette, 167.

Smith, Rev., John C., organizes the First Colored Presbyterian Church of Washington, D. C., 190.

Smith, Melancthon, mentioned, 166.

Smith, Maj.-Gen., W. F., marches on Petersburg, 336; commends the bravery of the Negro troops, 338, 340, 346.

Smothers, Henry, establishes school for Colored children, 185.

Snow, Benjamin, cause of the Snow riot at Washington, D. C., leaves for Canada, 188.

South Carolina, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9, 1820, 22; Negro plot, 1822, 83; slave population, 1830, 99, 1840, 1850, 100; education of Negroes prohibited, 178-180; secedes from the Union, 232; Gen. Hunter's proclamation emancipating slaves, 257, rescinded, 258; regiment of loyal Negroes organized, 278; number of Negro troops furnished by, 300; exploits of the first volunteers, Negro regiment, 314; represented in Congress by Negroes, 382; Negro population in excess of the white, 386; school population, 387; comparative statistics of education, 388; institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

South Carolina Volunteers, First Regiment of Colored Troops, 304, 306.

Southampton County, Va., Negro insurrection, 1831, 87-89; militia ordered out, 89; number of killed, 91.

Southern States, churches, libraries, and newspapers in the, 230; number of troops furnished by, 300.

Spencer, Peter, representative of Wilmington, in the first conference of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Stafford, Col., Spencer H., speech to the 1st La. Regiment of Colored Troops before the battle of Port Hudson, 316.

Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, revokes order for the return of fugitive slaves, 246; correspondence with Gen. Hunter relative to Negro troops, 279, 280; endorses the free military school for Negroes, 295; commends the bravery of the Negro troops, 338; his treatment of prisoners, in retaliation for cruel treatment of captured Negroes, 354.

Stearns, Maj. George L., secures aid for the relief of Kansas, 216; his connection with John Brown to free the slaves, 216-219; superintends the recruiting of Negro troops, 294.

Stearns, Mrs. George L., personal recollections of John Brown, 215-221.

Steedman, Col. James B., refuses to have his camp searched for fugitive slaves, 246; employs Negroes as teamsters, 260; commends the bravery of Negro troops, 342.

Stephens, Alexander H., delegate from Georgia, to the convention of the Confederate States, 232; chosen Vice-President of the Confederate States, 233; in favor of State rights, 230; speech in favor of slavery, 235.

Stewart, Rev. Austin, his book "Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman," mentioned, 59.

Still, William, founder of the underground railroad organization, 58.

Stokes, Richard, establishes school for Colored children, 209.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," published in different languages, 60; errors in her book, 546, 547.

Strawbridge, Robert, founder of Methodism in Baltimore, 465.

Strong, Brig.-Gen. George C., commands brigade at the assault on Fort Wagner, 329, 330; character of, 334.

Strong, Henry, counsel for Prudence Crandall, 156.

Summer, Charles, speech on "The Anti-Slavery Duties of the Whig Party," 44; leader of the political abolition party, 45; his reasons for not supporting Robert C. Winthrop, for Congress, organizes the Free Soil party, speech in Congress on "Freedom National, Slavery Sectional," 46; views on slavery, 433.

Sylvester, Elisha, teacher of the first school for Colored children, 162.

Syphax, William, establishes school for Colored children, 206.

Tabbs, Michael, establishes school for Colored children, 210.

Tallmadge, James, Jr., introduces bill in Congress against the introduction of slavery in Missouri, 14.

Talmadge, Capt. Grier, first to decide slaves contraband of war, 252.

Taney, Roger B., decides that the Negro is not a citizen, 114; opinion in the Dred Scott case, 116.

Tanner, Alethia, purchases freedom of John F. Cook, 187.

Tapsico, Jacob, representative of Phila., in the first conference of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Tappan, Arthur, secures the release of William Lloyd Garrison, 41; mentioned, 63, 64.

Tappan, Lewis, takes charge of the "Amistad" captives, 94.

Taylor, John W., introduces bill in Congress prohibiting slavery in Arkansas, 18; in favor of the admission of Missouri, 20.

Taylor, Rev. Marshall W., his ancestors, early life and struggles for an education, 469-471; teaches school in Kentucky, his experiences as a teacher, 472; ordained, becomes a preacher and missionary teacher in Indiana and Ohio, receives the title of Doctor of Divinity, his influence and standing, 473, 474; opposed to Colored conferences, 474.

Tennessee, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9, 1820, 22, 1830, 99, 1840, 1850, 100; no discrimination in school law against color, 180; order for the enlistment of Negroes, 290; Negro troops recruited, 294; number of Negro troops furnished by, 300; comparative statistics of education, 388; institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392, 393.

Texas, slave population, 1850, 100; exiles free Negroes, treatment of slaves, no legislation in regard to educating the Negro, 180; number of Negro troops furnished by, 300; comparative statistics of education, 388; institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

Thomas, Alexander S., sketch of, 141-143.

Thomas, Maj.-Gen. George H., approves the employment of Negroes as teamsters in the army, 260.

Thomas, Jesse B., in favor of excluding slavery north and west of Missouri, 17.

Thomas, Lorenzo, Adjt.-Gen., U. S. Army, speech in favor of enlisting Negroes, 289; order for the enlistment of Negro troops, 290; letter to Henry Wilson on the efficiency of Negro soldiers, 344.

Thomas, Brig.-Gen. Samuel, report on the freedmen, 400, 401.

Thompson, Jacob, his testimony in regard to the Fort Pillow massacre, 364.

Thompson, Margaret, establishes school for Colored children, 206, 207.

Townsend, E. D., Assistant Adj.-Gen., U. S. Army, order for the enlistment of Negro troops, 291; in reference to applicants for admission to the free military school, 296.

Travis, Hark, his connection with the Negro insurrection in Southampton County, Va., 87, 88.

Trenton, N. J., opposed to the increase of slavery, 16; anti-slavery society formed, 20.

Trinity Church, New York City, Negro slaves, communicants of, 164.

Turner, Benjamin, mentioned, 85; killed by Negro mob, 88, 89.

Turner, H. M., bishop of the African M. E. Church, 464.

Turner, Nathaniel, Negro prophet, his birth and parentage, becomes preacher, description of his person, 85; mode of life, believes he is a prophet, his superstition, denounces conjuring and fortune-telling, regarded with reverence by the Negroes, acknowledged leader among the slaves, hired out as a slave, 86; claims to have seen visions, organizes plot for the uprising of the slaves, address to his fellow-conspirators, 87; leads the attack in Southampton County, Va., his confession of the plot, 88; trial and execution, remarkable prophecy of, 90; his character, 91.

Tyler, Col. Erastus B., address to the people of Virginia, promising the return of fugitive slaves, 244.

Underground Railroad Organization, the, 58; its efficiency in freeing slaves, 59; mentioned, 82.

Underwood, J. R., Gen. Buell's letter to, on the return of fugitive slaves to their masters, 248.

Union League Club, N. Y. City, raise Negro regiments, 292.

Union Seminary, Washington, D. C., 189.

United States, slave population, 1800, 1, 2; increase of slavery, 1; slave-trade secretly carried on, 2; American ships prohibited from supplying slaves from, to foreign markets, 3; importation of slaves prohibited, 8; slaves illegally imported to be forfeited, 8; slave population, 1810, 9; premium offered to informers of illegally imported Africans seized within the, circular-letter of the Navy Department to naval officers in regard to the importation of slaves, 10; President Monroe's message to Congress on the question of slavery, 12; appoint agents to direct the return of slaves to Africa, 13; resolutions in favor of restriction of slavery in the new States, 16; slave population, 1820, 22; Negroes serve in the War of 1812, 23-27; Gen. Jackson's proclamation calling for Negro troops, 25; terms of peace by the Commissioners of Ghent, 27; increase of the slave population, 33; first anti-slavery society established, 43; number of anti-slavery societies in, 1836, 44; Free Soil party organized, 46; comments of the press on the proposed steam-ship line between Africa and, 55-58; condition of the free Negroes in, 62, 67; slave population, 1830, 1840, 99, 1850, 100; Franklin Pierce elected President, 107; number of fugitive and manumitted slaves, 1850, 146; increase of slaves, 228; slave population, 1860, value of slave labor products, 229; six States secede from, 232; Abraham Lincoln elected President, 239; slavery abolished, 377; Negro population, 1790-1880, 417; the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution, 419; ratification of the fifteenth amendment, 420-422; Southern election methods and Northern sympathy, 517; decline of the Republican party, 518; Southern war claims, 519; the presidential campaign of 1876, 519, 520; the electoral count in Congress, 521; President Hayes's Southern policy, a failure, 522-524.

United States Army, Negro troops serve in the War of 1812, 23-27; Negroes arrested, 244; orders in regard to fugitive slaves in, 245, 248, 249; Negroes ordered from, 250; Gen. Fremont's proclamation emancipating slaves, 255; Gen. Hunter's proclamation, 257; fortifications and earthworks built by Negroes, 262; condition of, 1862, 264; opposed to President Lincoln's proclamation, 269; Negroes as soldiers, 276-309; first regiment of Negroes organized, 278; Negro troops organized, fugitive slaves offer their services, 285, 287; order for the enlistment of Negro troops, 290; number of Negroes in, 297, 299-301; services of Negroes in the Army of the Potomac, 335.

United States Congress, proceedings on the memorial of Colored citizens of Philadelphia, against the slave-trade on the coast of Guinea, 2; American ships prohibited from supplying slaves from the United States to foreign markets, 3; action on the memorial of Indiana Territory for a modification of the ordinance of 1787, 4-8; importation of slaves prohibited, 8; slaves illegally imported, to be forfeited, 8; Act in regard to persons engaged in the slave-trade, 9; memorials against the slave-trade, fugitive-slave act amended, premium to informer for imported slaves seized within the United States, 10; President Monroe's message to, on the question of slavery, 12; debate on the bill to admit Missouri, 14; the Missouri controversy, 16-20; Garrison petitions, for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, 39; Sumner's speech on slavery, 46; bill establishing a line of war-steamers to the coast of Africa, suppression of the slave-trade, promotion of commerce, and the colonization of free Negroes, 53-55; organization of the 31st, 100; motion for the admission of California and New Mexico, 100, 101; has no authority to prohibit slavery, resolutions of Henry Clay for the adjustment of slavery, 101, of Senator Bell, 102; speech of Jefferson Davis in favor of slavery, 102; John C. Calhoun's speech, 103-105; fugitive-slave law, 1850, 106; bill to organize Nebraska Territory, 107; to repeal the Missouri compromise, speech of Stephen A. Douglass, 108; reply of Salmon P. Chase, 109; Act to organize the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, 110; opposed to civil and military interference with slaves, 244; conservative policy of, 252; passes Act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes, 263; Act to make an additional Article of War, 267; of 1860, 1862, 269; resolution in regard to the enlistment of Negroes, 279; action on the proposed amendment of the army appropriation bill to prohibit the enlistment of Negroes, 288; investigates the Fort Pillow massacre, 361-375; Act to establish a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, 379; methods of, for reconstructing the South, 381; Negroes in, 382; Act to incorporate the Freedman's Savings Bank and Trust Company, 403, amended, 407; appoint commissioners to close up the affairs of the bank, 411; authorized to enforce the thirteenth amendment, 419; recommends the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, 420; action on the electoral count of 1876, 521.

United States Navy, Negroes serve in the, 28-30; captures the Spanish slaver "Amistad," 64.

Utah, slave population in the territory of, 100.

Vallandingham, C. C., speech on the character of John Brown, 225.

Vanlomen, Rev. Father, preceptor of Catholic seminary for Colored girls, 194.

Vermont, number of Negro troops furnished by, 299; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 422.

Vesey, Denmark, leader of the Negro plot in Charleston, S. C., 1822, 84.

Vesey, Rev. William, rector of Trinity Church, New York, 164; his death, 165.

Vicksburg, Miss., fortifications built by Negroes, 262; fort at, garrisoned by Negro troops, 345.

Virginia, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9, 1820, 22; increased, anti-slavery speeches in the Legislature, 33-35; Negro plot, 1800, 83; insurrection, 1831, 87-89; slave population, 1830, 99, 1840, 1850, 100; education of Negroes prohibited, 180, 181; Negro school population, 387; comparative statistics of education, 388; institutions for instruction of Negroes, 392, 394, 395; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

Wade, Benjamin F., one of the committee of investigation of the Fort Pillow massacre, 361.

Walls, James, his testimony in regard to the Fort Pillow massacre, 366.

War of 1812, Negro troops serve in the, 23-27.

War of 1861, definition of the war issue, 228; States secede from the Union, 232; organization and Constitution of the Confederate States, 232, 233; extension of slavery the issue, 240; a white man's war, first call for troops, 241; rendition of fugitive slaves by the army, 244; order for the return of fugitive slaves revoked, proclamations protecting slave property, 246-248; orders in regard to harboring fugitive slaves in the army, 248, 249; slaves contraband of war, 250; Gen. Fremont's proclamation emancipating slaves in Missouri, 255; President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, 267-269; called the war for the Negro, 269; President Lincoln's second emancipation proclamation, 272; employment of Negroes as soldiers, 276-309; President Lincoln's call for more troops, 287; order for the enlistment of Negro troops, 290; number of Negroes in the army, 297, 299-301; expedition of the First S. C. Volunteers, Negro Regiment, into Ga. and Fla., 314; battle of Port Hudson, 320-323; Milliken's Bend, 326, 327; memorable events of July, 1863, 328; attack on Fort Wagner, 329; battles fought by Negroes, in the Army of the Potomac, 335; their services at the siege of Petersburg, Va., 336-342; number of, engaged in the battles around Nashville, Tenn., 342; capture and treatment of Negro soldiers, 350-376; the Fort Pillow massacre, 360-376; reconstruction of the Confederate States, 377-383; end of the war, 377; provisional military government established, bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, 379.

Ward, Rev. Samuel Ringgold, his book, "Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro," 59; mentioned, 79; anti-slavery orator, 434.

Ward, T. M. D., bishop of the African M. E. Church, 464.

Washington, D. C., first Colored school established, 1807; population of free persons, 182; Colored schools, 182-213; the Snow riot, 188; Colored church organized, 190.

Washington, Annie E., school for the education of Colored people, 209.

Washington, George, emancipates his slaves, 43; called the illustrious Southerner, 105.

Waugh, Nannie, establishes school for Colored children, destroyed by mob, 192.

Wayman, A. W., bishop of the African M. E. Church, 464.

Wears, I. C., delivers address on the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, 422.

Webb, Capt., Thomas, one of the founders of the M. E. Church in New York, 465, 466.

Webster, Daniel, author of memorial against the increase of slavery, 16.

Webster, Thomas, representative of Phila. in the first conference of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Welch, Jonathan A., counsel for the prosecution in the trial of Prudence Crandall, 156.

Wells, Nelson, establishes school for free children of color, 161.

Wesley, John, founder of Methodism, 465, 466; opposed to slavery, 467.

Wesleyan Seminary, Washington, D. C., 194.

West Virginia, number of Negro troops furnished by, 300; comparative statistics of education, 388; institutions for the education of Negroes, 392; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

Wetmore, Rev. James, teaches Negro slaves in New York, 165.

Whig party, opposed to slavery, 44; Sumner's speech before the, 44; convention of 1852, nominates Gen. Scott for the Presidency, 106; defines its position on the slavery question, 107.

White, Rev. Sampson, Colored Baptist minister, 476.

Whiteworth, Abraham, member of the first American Methodist conference, 466.

Whitfield, Rev. James, favors the education of Negroes, 160.

Wilberforce University, report for 1876, 455, 456; list of the faculty, 460; report and general statement, 462-464.

Wilcox, Samuel T., sketch of, 140.

Williams, Major, his testimony in regard to the Fort Pillow massacre, 362.

Williams, Nelson, his connection with the Negro insurrection in Southampton County, Va., 87.

Williams, Richard, representative of Baltimore in the first conference of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Williams, Brig.-Gen. Thomas, order in regard to harboring fugitive slaves in the army, 249.

Wilmington, Del., African School Association established, 157.

Wilson, Henry, introduces bill in Congress for the employment of Negroes as soldiers, 287; Gen. Thomas's letter to, on the efficiency of Negro soldiers, 344.

Wilson's Wharf, Negro troops defeat Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee at the battle of, 335.

Williamson, Edward, representative of Baltimore in the first conference of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Wisconsin, number of Negro troops furnished by, 300; ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 422.

Wool, Maj.-Gen. John E., orders the employment of Negroes in the army, 260; in command of troops during the draft riot at N. Y., 328.

Wormley, Mary, establishes school for Colored children, 205.

Wormley, William, erects school-house for Colored children, 205; threatened by mob, his death, 206.

Wright, Richard, member of the first American Methodist conference, 466.

Yearbry, Joseph, member of the first American Methodist conference, 466.

Zane, Jonathan, bequest for the education of Colored people, 177.

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[Transcriber's Notes:

Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies. The transcriber made the following changes to the text to correct obvious errors:

1. p. vi, colonizeon -> colonize on 2. p. 11, juisdictional —> jurisdictional 3. p. 21, enitled —> entitled 4. p. 39, Genuis —> Genius 5. p. 42, spoilations —> spoliations 6. p. 59, Autobiograph of a Fugitive Negro" —> "Autobiograph of a Fugitive Negro" (Add leading ") 7. p. 60, wierd —> weird 8. p. 75, docrines —> doctrines 9. p. 78, elightened —> enlightened 10. p. 113, warrrant —> warrant 11. p. 131, persecucution —> persecution 12. p. 149, acount —> account 13. p. 170, mangement —> management 14. p. 177, Pennyslvania —> Pennsylvania 15. p. 221, litttle —> little 16. p. 235, equlity —> equality 17. p. 269, Diving —> Divine 18. p. 314, sugggstion —> suggestion 19. p. 344, surpressing —> suppressing 20. p. 347, imperrilled —> imperilled 21. p. 356, Register" —> "Register" (Add leading ") 22. p. 358, 'Mercury —> 'Mercury' (Add ending ') 23. p. 412, commisioners —> commissioners 24. p. 417, contary —> contrary 25. p. 420, withold —> withhold 26. p. 581, posession —> possession 27. p. 593, petititions —> petitions 28. p. 597, auxliary —> auxiliary 29. p. 601, Port Pillow —> Fort Pillow

Also, several occurrences of mismatched single and double quotes remain as published.

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