Bound for Canaan (108 page)
Authors: Fergus Bordewich
Mann, Horace
Mansfield, Lord
manumission
in North Carolina
in Philadelphia
Marriott, Charles
Mars, James
Marshall, John
Martin, Peter
Maryland: emancipation in
free blacks in
Quakers in
slavery in
slave trade in
underground railroad in
Mason, James
Mason-Dixon line
Massachusetts: free blacks' rights in
personal liberty laws in
slavery outlawed in
slave trade in
Massachusetts
(cont.)
underground railroad in
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
Mather, Cotton
May, Samuel J.
Mayflower,
Mayo, Joseph
Mendenhall, Dinah
Mendenhall, Isaac
Mennonites
Methodists
prayer meetings of
Tennessee Conference of
Mexican War
Miccosukees
Michigan
underground railroad in
Miller, John Chester
Miller family
Mingo (African farmhand)
Minkins, Shadrach
Mississippi
secession of
slavery in
Missouri:
John Brown's raid into
Kansas slavery issue and
slave population in
slavery in
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Modern Medea: A Family Story of Slavery and
Child-Murder from the Old South
(Weisenburger)
Monroe, William
Montpelier, Vt.
Moore, Jeremiah
Morse, Samuel F. B.
Mott, James
Mott, Lucretia
Munroe, William C.
Murrow, Joshua
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Nalle, Charles
Nantucket, Mass.: as abolitionist center
antislavery convention at
Napoleon I, emperor of France
National Era,
National Intelligencer,
National Reformer,
Native Americans
disease decimation of
enslavement of
fugitive slaves and
removal of
slaves owned by
Nebraska
Nelson, Daniel
Nevitt, John
New Bedford, Mass.
as “Gibraltar of the fugitive,”
Newburyport Herald,
Newby, Dangerfield
New England: abolitionist beginnings in
slavery in
underground railroad in
see also specific states and cities
New England Anti-Slavery Society
New Garden Meeting (Indiana)
New Garden Meeting (North Carolina)\
New Hampshire
New Jersey: slave trade in
underground railroad in
Newman, Francis
Newman, William
New Orleans, La., slave trade in
Newport, R. I.: anti-abolitionist violence in
slave trade in
underground railroad in
Newport (Fountain City), Ind.
New York, N. Y.
black population of
in Cotton Triangle
Five Points section of
gangs of
growth of
kidnappings of blacks in
racism in
slave trade in
underground railroad in
New York Anti-Slavery Society
formation of
Smith-Cooper debate for
New York Kidnapping Club
New York Manumission Society
New York Mirror,
New York state: abolitionist movement in
black population of
Burned Over District of
as destination for fugitives
Quaker activism in
slavery in
underground railroad in
New York
Sun,
New York Times,
New York Tribune,
Niagara County Anti-Slavery Society
Niagara
(ship)
Nigeria
Nine Partners Meeting, Dutchess County,
N. Y.
Norcom, James
Norfolk, Conn.
North: anti-abolitionist violence in
free blacks in
Fugitive Slave Law opposed by,
fugitive slaves in
growth of antislavery societies in,
Harpers Ferry raid and
personal liberty laws in,
slavery in
slave trade in
see also specific states and cities
North American colonies: slavery's introduction to
slave trade by
North American Convention of Colored
People
North Carolina: abolitionist movement in
emancipation in
free blacks in
fugitive slave laws in
fugitive slaves in
manumission laws in
Quaker migration from
Quakers in
secession of
slavery in
slave trade in
North Carolina Manumission Society,
North Carolina Yearly Meeting
as trustee for slave emancipation
North Star,
Northwest Ordinance (1787)
“Notes on the State of Virginia” (Jefferson)
Nott, Josiah C.
Nottingham, Samuel
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Oberlin College
Ogden, Samuel
Ohio:
Quakers in
racial discrimination in
underground railroad in,
Ohio Anti-Slavery Society
Ohio River, as division between slave and free states
Oickle, Alvin F.
Oneida Institute
Ontarian,
S. S.
Orthodox (Quakers)
sawatomie, Kans.
Osborne (slave holder)
Otis, James
Ottoman
(brig)
Outland, Thomas
Overrals, James
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Paden, H. F.
Paine, Thomas
Panic of 1819
Parker, Bird
Parker, Eliza
Parker, John
Parker, Theodore
Parker, William
Patriot War
patrollers
Patton, “Jolly Bob,”
Paul Anderson
(steamboat)
Paxson, Jacob
Pearce, Thomas
Pearl
incident
Pease, Nathaniel
Pennington, James (Jim Pembroke),
Pennsylvania: abolitionist movement in
emancipation law passed by
and Fugitive Slave Act
slavery in
slave trade in
underground railroad in
Pennsylvania Freeman,
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the
Abolition of Slavery
Pennypacker, Elijah
Pensacola Gazette,
Peter (Harriet Jacobs's friend),
Peterboro, N. Y.
abolitionist convention in
John Brown at
underground railroad in
Pettibone, Giles
Pettijohn (abolitionist)
Pettis, F. H.
Pettit, Eber
Philadelphia, Pa.: first abolitionist convention at
as first abolitionist stronghold
free blacks in
John Brown in
underground railroad in
vigilance committee in
Philanthropist,
Philomathian Society
Pierce, Franklin
Pinckney, Alexander
plantation system
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Plymouth Rock,
S. S.
Polk, James K.
popular sovereignty
Portugal, slave trade by
Postl, Karl Anton
Pottawatomie, Kans., massacre (1856)
Poughkeepsie Journal,
Prendergast, Lieutenant
Presbyterians
Price, Benjamin
Price, Philip
Project Rescue
Providence, R. I., slave trade in
Provincial Freeman,
386
Purvis, Robert
utnam, David
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Quakers:
in Civil War
in Delaware
early antislavery activities of,
education as priority for
in Indiana
in Maryland
in North Carolina
in Ohio
in organized antislavery movement,
prejudice among
Â
racism among
theological rift within
Â
racism
railroads
Ramsey, Mark
Randolph, John
Rankin, Adam Lowry
Rankin, Calvin
Rankin, Jean
Rankin, John
antislavery essays of
attack on home of
David Ruggles compared with
death of
fugitive slave “Eliza” and
Liberty Party and
Rankin, John, Jr.
Rankin, John P.
Rankin, Samuel
Rankin family
attack on
in Civil War
fugitives aided by
Rapier, William
Ray, Charles M.
Reconstruction
Reed, Enoch
Reeve, William
Refugee Home Society
Remond, Charles L.
Republican Party
Douglass in
Revere, Paul
Rhett, Robert B.
Rhode Island, slave trade in
Rce, David
Rice, Isaac J.
Richmond Palladium,
Ricketson, Gilbert
Riker, Richard
Riley, Amos (father)
Riley, Amos (son)
Riley, Hugh
Riley, Isaac
financial troubles of
Henson betrayed by
Henson's relationship with
Riley, Isaac (fugitive)
Riley, Jerome
Riley, Matilda
Riley, Patrick
riots, race
Ripley, Ohio
attack on Rankins in
Ripley Bee,
Risely (farmer)
Robb, Adam
Roberts, Richard
Robinson, Rowland T.
Rochester, N. Y.
Rockville Sentinel,
Rogers, Timothy
Roper, Moses
Ross, Araminta,
see
Tubman, Harriet Ross, Ben
Ross, Ben, Jr.
Ross, Mary
Ross, Moses
Ross, Rit
Ross, Robert
Ross, William Henry
Ross (Logue neighbor and helper)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Royal African Company
Royall, Isaac
Ruggles, David
attempted kidnapping of
background of
Ruggles, David
(cont.)
death of
failing health of
John Rankin compared with
Tappan's break with
and Tom Hughes case
Rush, Benjamin
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Sabine, Joseph F.
St. Catharines Refugee Slaves' Friend
Society
Salmon, William
Sam (fugitive)
Sanborn, Franklin
Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad,
Sanitary Commission, U.S.
Sante-Domingue (Santo Domingo), slave uprising in
Savannah, Ga., slave trade in
Savannah Republican,
Sawyer, Samuel T.
Sayres, Edward
Scoble, John
Scomp, Samuel
Scott, Dred
Scott, George
Scott, Henry
Scott, Silas
Scott, Walter
secession
Northern threat of
of Southern states
Secret Six
Seminoles
Seminole War, First
Senate, U.S.
assault on Sumner in
and Compromise of 1850,
Southern representation in
Senegambians
Seventy, The (lecturers)
Sewall, Samuel
Seward, William H.
Shadd, Abraham
Shadd, Isaac
Shadd Cary, Mary Ann
Shadrach rescue
Sharpe, Mary Ellen Graydon
Shaw, Chancey
Shawnees
Shepherd, Hayward
Shotwell, A. L.
Siebert, Wilbur
Sierra Leone
Simon (fugitive)
Simons, Peter Paul
Sims, Mark
Sims, Thomas
slavery:
African ethnic groups preferred for,
African repatriation as solution to
auctions under
beginnings of
cotton industry and growth of
and education of slaves
family separations under
fugitives from, hunting of,
growth of
laws on
manumission and
Missouri Compromise and
occupations of slaves in
punishments under
rationales for
rebellions against
sexual exploitation under
transatlantic slave trade and growth of,
in Washington, D. C.
westward expansion and
women's exploitation under
