Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession

INDEX

in, of Sampson Sanders' slaves, 70.

Chadwick, F. E., analysis of census showing number of Virginia's slaveholders, 124;
estimate of number of Virginians living beyond the State, 1860, 128;
on the prominent men, parties to John Brown's Raid, 219.

Chandler, John A., anti-slavery sentiments, 92.

Chandler, Zachariah, letter regarding Peace Conference, 1861, 249.

Channing, William Ellery, on adverse influence of Abolitionists, 53.

Chase, Salmon P., on impossibility of complete enforcement of fugitive slave law, 187 and 206;

replies, as Secretary of the Treasury, to President Lincoln's request for opinion on provisioning Fort Sumter, 283, 284.

Clark, General George Rogers, Conqueror of Northwest Territory, 26 and 237.

Clay, Henry, presides at meeting to organize American Colonization Society, 1816, 61;
President of American Colonization Society, 62;
on emancipation and colonization of negroes, 76, 77;
on condition of free negroes in 1829, 160.

Cleveland, Ohio, place of proposed Disunion Convention, October, 1857, 214.

Cocke, Eliza W., deed emancipating slaves, 122.

Coercion, controlling factor in determining Virginia's secession, 252;
Robert E. Lee denies ethical right of, 288;
William C. Rives denies same, 289;
George Baylor denies same, 289;
M. de Tocqueville denies right of by Federal Government, 289;
Lord Brougham denies same, 290.

Coles, Edward, emancipates his slaves and colonizes them in Illinois, 66, 67;

prosecuted and fined for this act, 67.

Coles, Roberts, killed at battle of Roanoke Island, 68.

Colonization of negroes, appropriation by Virginia Legislature in aid of, 59, 64;
origin of the idea of, 60;
resolutions of Virginia Legislature favoring, 1800, 60;
same, 1805, 60;
same, 1816, 61;
organization of American Society to promote, 61;
by individual slaveholders, 66-73;
views of Jefferson, Clay and Lincoln on, 75-81.

Colorado, organized as a territory without prohibition as to slavery, 1861, 186.

Commerce, decline of, in Virginia, 134 and 137.

Congress, 1789, efforts of Virginians in, to tax importation of slaves, 33;
resolutions adopted by, defining attitude regarding slavery, 1861, 187;
amendment to constitution proposed by, 1861, 192;
resolution of, defining attitude on purpose of War, 1861, 274 and 275;
his call for 75,000 troops, April 15, 1861, 275;
requests, March 15, 1861, his cabinet officers' opinions, as to propriety of provisioning Fort Sumter, 280;
requests their further opinion, March 29, 284;
on right of revolution, 290;
on legal and ethical rights of coercion, 293.

Lunt, George, on reactionary influence of Abolitionists upon anti-slavery sentiment in Virginia, 57;
on John Brown's Raid, 177;
on effect of personal liberty laws, 206.

Madison, James, opposes clause in constitution, permitting African slave trade, 31;
his efforts to impose tariff tax on importation of slaves, 33;
messages, as President, opposing African slave trade, 35;
third President of American Colonization Society, 62;
anti-slavery sentiments of, 90;
declares disunion a menace to slavery, 222;
heads delegation from Virginia to Annapolis Convention, 1786, 238;
his great part in framing constitution, 240.

Marshall, John, first President of Colonization Society of Virginia, 64;

anti-slavery sentiments of, 88.

Marshall, Thomas, a leader in anti-slavery party in Virginia Legislature, 1832, 46;
anti-slavery sentiments of, 92;
his estimate of injurious effects of slavery upon prosperity of Virginia, 129, 130.

Maryland, ratifies proposed amendment to constitution, 1861, protecting slavery, 192.

Mason, George, his speech against clause in constitution permitting African slave trade, 30;
Virginia's statue to his fame, 31;
anti-slavery sentiments of, 84.

Maury, Matthew F., anti-slavery sentiments of, 99;
never owned but one slave, 156;
his reference to coercion as cause of Virginia's secession, 266;
extract from his letter regarding the approaching war, 297.

McDowell, James, a leader in anti-slavery party, in Virginia Legislature, 1832, 46;
anti-slavery sentiments of, 93;
his estimate of injurious effects of slavery, 131;
on racial problems, 163;
declares disunion a menace to slavery, 222.

McGuire, Hunter, his estimate of number of slaveholders in the Stonewall Brigade, 155.

McMaster, J. B., his estimate of condition of free negroes, 160.

Meade, William, anti-slavery sentiments of, 100;
extract from deed, emancipating a slave, 115;
his estimate of injury to Virginia's prosperity, induced by slavery, 135.

Mercer, Charles Fenton, author of law against African slave trade, 36;
of resolution denouncing African slave trade as piracy, 36;
his remarks in Congress, supporting resolution, 36, 37;
his visits t
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a delegate from Virginia to Peace Conference, 246;
extract from his speech at same, 248;
a leader of the Union men, Virginia Convention, 1861, 255;
extract from speech on coercion, Virginia Convention, 1861, 263;
extract from letter on effect of suggested evacuation of Fort Sumter, 266.

Sumter, Fort, strategic importance of its occupancy by Federal troops, 272.

Taylor, Zachary, urges Congress to suppress African slave trade, 39.

Tennessee, secedes because of President Lincoln's call for troops, 226.

Territories, right of slaveholders in, a serious problem, 182.

Thom, Cameron E., his account of attempt of John Thom to colonize his ex-slaves, 73, 74.

Tinsley, Robert, extract from will, emancipating his slaves, 122.

Tocqueville, Alexis de, on negro problem in America, 164;

declares Federal Government, founded on consent of states, cannot be maintained by force, 289.

Tucker, George, his estimate of reactionary influence of Abolitionists upon anti-slavery sentiment in Virginia, 51, 52.

Tucker, St. George, anti-slavery sentiments of, 85;

his influence in forming anti-slavery sentiments of Thomas H. Benton, 85, note 117.

Turner, Nat, leads slave insurrection, 1831, 45.

Tyler, Sr., John, anti-slavery sentiments of, 84.

Tyler, John, urges Congress to enact laws suppressing African slave trade, 38;
anti-slavery sentiments of, 87;
a commissioner from Virginia to the President of the United States, 1861, 246;
a delegate from Virginia to the Peace Conference, 1861, 246;
an extract from his speech, as President of Peace Conference, 248.

"Underground Railroad," The, its origin and the character of its operations, 200, 201.

Virginia, diversity of sentiment in, 10;
attitude of dominant element in, regarding slavery and secession, 10, 11;
her opposition to coercion and grounds therefor, 11;
right of self-government, basis of her position, 12;
her Colonial record regarding slavery, 15-24;
her efforts to restrain increase of slavery defeated by Great Britain, 17, 18;
petition of her House of Burgesses, 1772, to King George, against African slave trade, 18;
her opposition to African slave trade declared, by Mr. Jefferson, in the original Declaration of Independence, 19;
her opposition to African slave trade voiced in county meetings, 21;
resolutions of her Colonial Convention against importation of slaves, 21;
her anti-slavery position defined, 1774, in Continental Congress, 21, 22;
her efforts to enforce the agreements for the non-importation of slaves, 22;
her Constitution and Bill of Rights, 1776, antagonistic to slavery, 22, The Errata following the Preface had already been corrected by the publisher in the source text used.
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