INDEX
- Abolition circulars, held up by Southern postmasters, [88].
- Abolition, sweet singers of, [100].
- Abolitionists, resent attitude of government to slavery, [219].
- “Anacostia, the Sage of,” [338].
- Andrew, John A., Governor of Massachusetts, enlists Negro regiments, [222].
- Anthony, Asa, friend of Douglass, [138].
- Anthony, H. B., favors policy of conciliation toward South, [213].
- Anthony, Lucretia, [19];
- her kindness to Douglass, [23].
- Anthony, Susan B., address at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Anti-Slavery conventions, [70], [78], [96].
- Anti-Slavery societies;
- Anti-Slavery Standard, The, anti-slavery newspaper, [124].
- Antoine, C. C., Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, [279].
- “Aunt Katy,” cruelty of, [19].
- Auld, Colonel B. F., sends floral tribute, Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Auld, Hugh, apprentices Douglass to a ship-calker, [51];
- Auld, Mrs. Sophia, teaches Douglass to read, [24].
- Auld, Thomas, [35];
- Bailey, Frederick Augustus Washington, [16].
- Bailey, “Grandmother,” character and influence of, [17].
- Barrier, Anthony, agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- Bearman, Amos G., assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, [80].
- Bible societies, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, [91].
- Birney, James G., Abolitionist, printing press destroyed by mob at Cincinnati, [89].
- Blackall, B. F., Douglass’s telegram to, [192].
- “Black Laws,” in Illinois, [142].
- Bliss, William C., friend of Douglass, [138].
- Breckinridge, John C., leader Southern Wing of the Democracy, [201].
- Bright, John, Douglass guest of, [115].
- Brougham, Lord, Douglass meets, [101].
- Brown, Box, fugitive slave, [163].
- Brown, John, [182];
- Brown, John M., representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, [260].
- Brown, William Wells, at Boston celebration Emancipation Proclamation, [239].
- Browne, Hugh M., head of “Institute for Colored Youth,” [152].
- Bruce, Blanche K., United States Senator from Mississippi, [279].
- Buffum, James N., accompanies Douglass to England, [100];
- in Scotland, [104].
- Bullock, Judge, favors colonization, [146].
- Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, [169].
- Burnside, General A. E., issues proclamation to Southern people, [218].
- Butler, General Benjamin F., declares fugitive slaves “contraband,” [222];
- at National Loyalists’ Convention, [268].
- Canada, end of the Underground Railway, [160].
- Carey, Mary Ann Shadd, Negro educator, [153].
- Cedar Hill, Douglass’s home, [337].
- Chambersburg, Pa., place of last meeting of Douglass and John Brown, [189].
- Chase, Salmon P., contributes to support of North Star, [125];
- encourages Douglass to visit President Lincoln, [228].
- Christiana, Pa., bloody resistance of slave-catchers at, [171].
- Churches, colored, [149].
- Civil War, causes of, [217].
- Clark, Peter H., efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, [151].
- Clarkson, Thomas, Douglass’s meeting with, [102].
- Clay, Henry, member of the Colonization Society, [146];
- favors Fugitive Slave Law, [166].
- Cobden, Richard, Douglass meets, [101].
- Collins, John A., general agent of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, [72];
- associated with Douglass in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” [79].
- Colonization Society, American, objects of, [145].
- Combe, George, Douglass entertained by, [102].
- Constitution of the United States, a “pro-slavery instrument,” [127].
- Cook, John F., efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, [151];
- representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, [260].
- Coppin, Fannie Jackson, efforts for ante-bellum Negro education, [151].
- Coppin, Thomas, efforts for ante-bellum Negro education, [151].
- Covey, Edward, the “negro breaker,” [38].
- Cox, A. L., delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, [96].
- Crafts, William, fugitive slave, [163].
- Crandall, Prudence, Abolitionist, imprisoned for teaching colored children, [88], [141].
- Crandall, Doctor Reuben, Abolitionist, imprisoned for circulating Anti-slavery literature, [88].
- Crofts, Mrs. Julia Griffith, takes business management of North Star, [125].
- Dallas, George M., Minister to England, refuses Douglass passport, [194].
- Dana, Charles A., Assistant Secretary of War, encourages Douglass to visit President Lincoln, [228].
- Davis, Alexander, Lieutenant-Governor of Mississippi, [279].
- Davis, Richard A., aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, [169].
- Day, J. Howard, colored anti-slavery orator, [155].
- Delaney, Martin R., colored anti-slavery orator, [155].
- Derrick, Bishop W. B., address at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Dickinson, Anna, at Boston celebration of Emancipation Proclamation, [239].
- Discrimination against Negroes at public lectures done away with, [66].
- Disraeli, Benjamin, Douglass meets, [101].
- Dix, General John A., proclamation to Southern people, [218].
- Dorr, Thomas W., leader of pro-slavery forces in Rhode Island contest over new constitution, [76].
- Dorsey, Thomas L., agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- Douglass, Charles R., son of Frederick, enlists in army, [223].
- Douglass, Frederick, born at Tuckahoe, [15];
- transferred to the Lloyd plantation, [19];
- starved by “Aunt Katy,” [20];
- sees his mother for the last time, [20];
- sees a slave killed by an overseer, [23];
- goes to Baltimore to live, [24];
- is taught to read, [24];
- gains possession of a speller, [26];
- buys a copy of the Columbian Orator, [26];
- learns to write, [27];
- thoughts turned to religion, [28];
- sent back to the plantation, [31];
- justifies pilfering by slaves, [34];
- Sunday-school broken up, [36];
- sent to a negro breaker, [37];
- starts a second Sunday-school, [42];
- plans to escape, [44];
- plot discovered, [48];
- sent back to Baltimore, [50];
- apprenticed as a shipcalker, [51];
- buys his own time, [56];
- makes his escape from Baltimore, [58];
- marries in New York, [62];
- seeks refuge in New Bedford, Mass., [63];
- changes his name, [63];
- denied opportunity to work at his trade, [65];
- attends anti-slavery convention at Nantucket, [70];
- invited to become a speaker for the anti-slavery cause, [72];
- takes part in political contest in Rhode Island, [76];
- speaks on the common at Grafton, Mass., [78];
- takes part in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” [78];
- addresses 5,000 people at Buffalo, N. Y., [80];
- is mobbed at Richmond, Ind., [81];
- publishes “Narrative,” [99];
- sails for Europe, [100];
- is refused cabin passage on the steamer Cambria, [100];
- meets Thomas Clarkson, English Abolitionist, [102];
- makes a tour through Ireland, [102];
- presented with a Bible by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, [102];
- takes part in the anti-slavery agitation in Scotland, [103];
- addresses the World’s Temperance Convention at Covent Garden, [106];
- speaks at the Peace Convention in London, [110];
- freedom purchased, [112];
- receives a gift of $2,500 to found an anti-slavery journal, [114];
- returns from England to America, [116];
- attacked by newspapers, [117];
- presides at colored convention in Cleveland, [118];
- reasons for founding an independent newspaper, [120];
- removes to Rochester, N. Y., [124];
- publishes the North Star, [125];
- parts company with the Garrisonians, [128];
- grounds for change of views, [129];
- tribute to the anti-slavery society, [132];
- personal relations with Garrison, [133];
- speaks in behalf of the rights of women, [136];
- difficulties in securing an education for children, [138];
- connection with the Underground Railway, [158], [161];
- describes effects of the Fugitive Slave Law, [168];
- shelters fugitive slaves from Christiana, Pa., [172];
- reflections upon the Dred Scott Decision, [173];
- meeting with Harriet Beecher Stowe, [176];
- outlines plan for an industrial school for Free Negroes, [178];
- visits John Brown at Springfield, Mass., [183];
- visits John Brown at Chambersburg, [189];
- opposes John Brown’s plan for capture of Harper’s Ferry, [191];
- flees to Canada, [192];
- takes passage for England, [193];
- recalled to America by death of daughter, [194];
- on the effect of John Brown’s death, [197];
- supports Lincoln against Douglas, [203];
- address in Chicago in 1854, [204];
- welcomes the impending conflict, [216];
- urges the enlistment of Negro soldiers, [220];
- assists in organization of Negro regiments, [222];
- issues an appeal to the colored people, [224];
- first interview with President Lincoln, [229];
- promised position of adjutant, [232];
- Lincoln seeks aid to encourage escape of slaves from Southern states, [236];
- invited to take tea with the President, [238];
- description of reception of Emancipation Proclamation in Boston, [239];
- attends President’s reception, [240];
- speaks at Rochester on Lincoln’s assassination, [243];
- opposes dissolution of Anti-Slavery Society, [245];
- becomes Lyceum lecturer, [256];
- favors citizenship for Negro, [258];
- interviews President Johnson, [260];
- replies to President’s arguments against Negro suffrage, [261];
- writes address to Senate, [264];
- elected delegate to National Loyalists’ Convention, [265];
- removes to Washington, D. C., [273];
- publishes The New National Era, [274];
- becomes President of Freedman’s Bank, [276];
- councilman of District of Columbia, [283];
- member of legislature of District of Columbia, [283];
- member of the San Domingan annexation commission, [283];
- addresses colored convention at New Orleans, [284];
- marshal of District of Columbia, 1877, [287];
- Baltimore address on “Our National Capital,” [288];
- Recorder of Deeds, District of Columbia, [294];
- Minister to Hayti, [297];
- manners and personal character, [303];
- marries Miss Helen Pitts, [306];
- Decoration Day address at Arlington, [309];
- address at Washington, D. C., on Lincoln, [311];
- address before Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association at Nashville, [312];
- speech on Supreme Court Decision on Civil Rights Bill, [316];
- opposes Chinese exclusion, [320];
- views on religion, [321];
- opposes the Kansas exodus, [323];
- visits Thomas Auld, [327];
- visits the Lloyd estate, [329];
- address on John Brown at Harper’s Ferry, [330];
- address at Tuskegee, 1892, [333];
- aids in foundation of Industrial School at Manassas, Va., [333];
- Haytian Commissioner at World’s Fair, 1893, [334];
- address on Negro Day, World’s Fair, [335];
- protests against lynching, [337];
- death, 1895, [340];
- funeral services, [342];
- memorial services at Rochester, [344].
- Douglass, H. Ford, colored anti-slavery orator, [155].
- Douglass, Lewis H., son of Frederick, enlists in army, [223];
- visits President Andrew Johnson, [260].
- Douglas, Stephen A., policy in Kansas-Nebraska Bill, [198];
- Downing, George T., visits President Johnson, [260].
- Downing, Thomas, agent for Underground Railway, [161].
- Dred Scott Decision, influence on anti-slavery agitation, [173], [195].
- Dunlop, Alexander, representative Negro, one of delegation to visit President Johnson, [261].
- Dunn, Oscar J., Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, [279].
- Durham, John S., address at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Education, Negro, early efforts of, [151].
- Elliott, Robert Brown, Negro member of Congress, [280].
- Ellis, Charles M., aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, [169].
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, uses influence to open public lectures to Negroes, [66].
- Everett, Edward, Governor of Massachusetts, favors law to prevent printing of Abolition literature, [87].
- Fish, Benjamin, friend of Douglass, [138].
- Fortin, Charlotte L., Negro educator, [153].
- Foster, George, anti-slavery speaker, [73];
- associated with Douglass in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” [79].
- Foster, Stephen S., takes part in the Rhode Island contest over new constitution, [76].
- “Free Church,” of Scotland, anti-slavery agitation in, [104].
- Freeland, William, hires Douglass, [41].
- Free Soil Democrats, rally to support the Union, [215].
- Fugitive Slave Law, [166];
- arouses resentment in North, [168].
- Ganes, John F., efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, [151].
- Gannett, Rev. W. C., delivers Douglass’s funeral oration, [344].
- Garnett, Henry Highland, assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, [80];
- agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- Garrison, William Lloyd, address at anti-slavery convention at Nantucket, [71];
- Gay, Sidney Howard, takes part in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” [79].
- Gibbs, Mifflin W., colored anti-slavery orator, [155].
- Giddings, Joshua R., contributes to support of North Star, [125];
- favors policy of conciliation to South, [213].
- Gleaves, Robert H., Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, [279].
- Goodell, William, delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, [96].
- Gray, John A., friend of Douglass, [138].
- Greeley, Horace, letter to President Lincoln, [219];
- protests against treatment of Negro soldiers, [227].
- Green, Beriah, delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, [96].
- Grimké, Rev. F. J., address at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Hale, John P., criticised by Douglass, [134].
- Hall, Primus, ante-bellum Negro teacher, [151].
- Hallowell, William, friend of Douglass, [138].
- Hardy, Mrs. Neal, binds Douglass’s wounds at Richmond, Indiana, [82].
- Harlan, John Marshall, Associate Justice United States Supreme Court, attends Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, Negro educator, [153].
- Harper’s Ferry, John Brown’s preparations for assault upon, [189].
- Hayti, at World’s Fair, Chicago, [334].
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, [169].
- Hoar, Senator George Frisbie, at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Holland, Frederick May, describes effect of Fugitive Slave Law, [167];
- “Life” of Douglass quoted, [204].
- Holley, Myron, friend of Douglass, [138].
- Howard, General O. O., head of Freedmen’s Bureau, [251].
- Howard University, influence of Douglass at, [339].
- Howitt, William, remarks concerning Douglass, [110].
- Humphrey, Richard, bequeaths funds for Negro education, [152].
- Hutchinson family, lends Douglass support on voyage to England, [100].
- Improvement Society, East Baltimore, for free colored people, [52].
- Industrial school, Douglass’s plan for, [178].
- Jackson, President Andrew, proposes Congressional legislation to prevent circulation of Abolition literature through mails, [88];
- address to colored troops, [149].
- Jenifer, Rev. J. T., sermon at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Johnson, Andrew, President United States opposes Negro suffrage, [261].
- Johnson, Nathan, gives Douglass a refuge, [63].
- Jones, John, representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, [260].
- Kansas-Nebraska Bill, effect on anti-slavery sentiment, [173].
- Kelley, Abby, takes part in contest in Rhode Island over new constitution, [76].
- Lafayette, General, member of the Colonization Society, [146].
- Langston, John M., colored anti-slavery orator, [155].
- Lawson, “Uncle,” [29].
- Lecture platform, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, [92].
- Liberator, The, Garrison’s paper, [124], [128].
- Lincoln, Abraham, debate with Douglass, [199].
- Lloyd, Colonel Edward, vast estate of, [18].
- Lloyd, Daniel, kindness to Douglass, [23].
- Loguen, Rev. J. W., agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- Lovejoy, Rev. Elijah P., Abolitionist, killed at Alton, Ill., [89].
- Lundy, Benjamin, Abolitionist, assaulted in Baltimore, [88];
- work for emancipation, [97].
- Lynch, John R., member of Congress from Louisiana, [280].
- Madison, James, member of the Colonization Society, [146].
- Mann, Horace, uses influence to open public lectures to Negroes, [66];
- contributes to support of North Star, [125].
- Marcy, William L., Governor of New York, favors law to suppress printing of Abolition literature, [87].
- Marshall, John, Chief Justice, member of the Colonization Society, [146].
- Martin, J. Sella, at Boston celebration Emancipation Proclamation, [239].
- Matthews, William E., visits President Andrew Johnson, [260].
- May, Samuel J., letter to Garrison concerning Douglass, [133].
- McClellan, General George B., warns slaves not to seek protection with Northern armies, [217].
- Metzerott’s Hall, Douglass’s address at, [340].
- Missionary movement, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, [91].
- Missouri Compromise, puts question of slavery before people, [93].
- Mob, destroys printing press of The Philanthropist, [89];
- interrupts Rev. O. Scott’s lecture, [89];
- demolishes Academy for Negroes at Canaan, N. H., [89];
- disperses meeting of female anti-slavery society at Boston, [89];
- breaks up an anti-slavery meeting at Syracuse, [89];
- of Yale students, [89];
- burns Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia, [89];
- indulges in two days’ riot at Philadelphia, [90].
- Monroe, James, takes part in Rhode Island contest over new constitution, [76];
- associated with Douglass in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” [79].
- Mott, Lucretia, connection with anti-slavery and woman’s suffrage, [136].
- Myers, Stephen J., agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- “Narrative,” Frederick Douglass’s, [99].
- Negroes, free, Douglass’s call to arms of, [223].
- “Negro Pews,” at Hartford, Conn., [142].
- Negro soldiers, at Port Royal, [221];
- Negro Volunteers, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Regiments, [222].
- Newspapers, colored, Ram’s Horn, The Mystery, The Disfranchised American, The Northern Star, The Colored Farmer, [124].
- Nichols, M. J. N., address at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- North Star, Douglass’s anti-slavery paper, [125];
- Douglass’s early experiences with, [137].
- O’Connell, Daniel, relation to Douglass, [102].
- Orator, Columbian, Douglass’s first book, [26], [42].
- Otis, Joseph E., representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, [260].
- Palfrey, John G., contributes to support of The North Star, [125].
- Parker, Theodore, aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, [169].
- Peabody, Ephraim, gives Douglass his first job, [64].
- Peace Convention, London, addressed by Douglass, [107].
- Peel, Sir Robert, Douglass meets, [101].
- Pennington, Rev. J. W. C., [62].
- Peterson, John, efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, [151].
- Phillips, Wendell, advises Douglass to throw his “Narrative” in the fire, [75];
- aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, [169].
- Pillsbury, Parker, takes part in Rhode Island contest over new constitution, [76].
- Pinchback, P. B. S., Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, [279].
- Pomeroy, S. C., United States Senator, introduces Douglass to President Lincoln, [228].
- Port Royal, proclamation of T. W. Sherman at, [218].
- Porter, Samuel D., friend of Douglass, [138].
- Post, Isaac, friend of Douglass, [138].
- Press, its effect upon anti-slavery agitation, [92].
- Prichard, his Natural History of Man, [17].
- “Prigg Case,” in regard to runaway slaves, [166].
- “Protection, Sailor’s,” character of, [59].
- Purvis, Robert, Vice-President of National Anti-Slavery Society, [155].
- Quincy, Edmund, praises The North Star, [126].
- Raid, John Brown, intensifies hatred of Negro, [195].
- Railroads, regulations enforced against free colored people, [54].
- Railway, Underground, [158];
- Western and Southwestern branches, [162].
- Ram’s Horn, colored newspaper, [123].
- Ransier, Alonzo J., Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, [279].
- Ray, Charles M., assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, [80].
- Revels, Hiram, United States Senator from Mississippi, [279].
- Remond, Charles Lennox, takes part in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” [79];
- Rich, William, agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- Richardson, Mrs. Ellen, purchases Douglass’s freedom, [112].
- Richardson, Mrs. Henry, purchases Douglass’s freedom, [112].
- Ross, A. W., representative Negro, one of the delegation to President Johnson, [260].
- Russell, Lord John, [101].
- Russell, Thomas, at Boston celebration of Emancipation Proclamation, [239].
- Schurz, Carl, report on Southern conditions, [248].
- Scott, Rev. O., Abolitionist, prevented from delivering Abolitionist lecture at Worcester, Mass., 1835, [89].
- Sewall, Mrs. May Wright, [341];
- address at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Seward, William H., contributes to support of North Star, [125];
- Shadrach, fugitive slave, the case of, [171].
- Shaw, Colonel Robert Gould, commands first Negro regiment, [222].
- Sherman, General T. W. proclamation at Port Royal, [218].
- Sherman, Senator, John, at Douglass’s funeral, [343].
- Slavery and anti-slavery, issues defined, [94].
- Smalls, Robert, Negro member of Congress, [280].
- Smith, Gerrit, distinguished from Garrison, [122];
- Smith, Doctor James McCune, colored anti-slavery orator, [155];
- agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, offers Douglass commission in army, [232].
- Stearns, Major George L., writes to Douglass in behalf of Negro soldiers, [227].
- St. Michaels, Douglass’s early home, [35].
- Still, William, anti-slavery author, [155];
- agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
- Story, Joseph, Justice Supreme Court, decision in the “Prigg Case,” [166].
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, [174].
- Sumner, Charles, uses influence to open public lectures for Negroes, [66];
- contributes to support of North Star, [125].
- Tappan, Arthur, [61];
- chosen President National Anti-Slavery Society, [96].
- Tappan, Lewis, [61].
- Temperance Convention, World’s, addressed by Douglass, [106].
- Thompson, George, Abolitionist, in Scotland, [104].
- Thompson, John W., plans erection of Douglass statue, [347].
- Tilton, Theodore, marches with Douglass at National Loyalists’ Convention, [269].
- Tracy Seminary, Douglass’s daughter compelled to leave, [138].
- Tract Society, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, [91].
- Tuskegee, Douglass visits, [333].
- “Vigilance Committee,” of anti-slavery society, work of in Pennsylvania, [163].
- Ward, Samuel R., colored anti-slavery orator, [155].
- Webster, Daniel, remarks on growth of cotton industry, [84];
- Wells, Nelson, efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, [151].
- Whipper, William, agent for the Underground Railway, [161];
- one of delegation to President Johnson, [260].
- Whittier, John G., delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, [96].
- Winthrop, Senator Robert C., at Faneuil Hall after fall of Richmond, [242].
- Wise, Henry A., Governor of Virginia, letter to President Buchanan, [192].
- Wright, Elizur, delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, [96].
- Wright, Frances, connection with anti-slavery and woman’s suffrage, [136].
- Wright, Theodore S., assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, [80].
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.