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.
