Footnotes
[1] The Reports of the Secretary of the Navy are found among the documents accompanying the annual messages of the President.
Index
- Abolition of slave-trade by Europe, [145] n.
- Abolition Societies, organization of, [42], [74];
- Adams, C.F., [151].
- Adams, J.Q., on Right of Search, [139];
- Adams, Governor of S.C., message on slave-trade, [169], [170], [289–90].
- Advertisements for smuggled slaves, [182] n.
- Africa, English trade to, [10], [12–13;]
- African Agency, establishment, [124], [126];
- attempts to abolish, [156];
- history, [158].
- "African Labor Supply Association," [176].
- African Society of London, [113].
- African squadron, establishment of, [123], [124];
- Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace, [11];
- Congress, [137] n.
- Alabama, in Commercial Convention, [170];
- Alston, speeches on Act of 1807, [99] n., [101] n., [102] n.
- Amelia Island, illicit traffic at, [116], [117], [121], [254];
- Amendments to slave-trade clause in Constitution proposed, [72], [94], [111] n., [183], [248–51], [253], [258], [266], [298], [299].
- American Missionary Society, petition, [182].
- "L'Amistad," case of, [143], [311].
- Anderson, minister to Colombia, [142] n.
- "Antelope" ("Ramirez"), case of, [129] n., [132], [284].
- "Apprentices," African, importation of, [172], [177];
- Appropriations to suppress the slave-trade, chronological list of, [125] n.;
- Argentine Confederation, [144] n.
- Arkansas, [170].
- Arkwright, Richard, [152].
- Ashmun, Jehudi, [158].
- Assiento treaty, [4], [206], [207];
- "Association," the, reasons leading to, [47], [48];
- Atherton, J., speech of, [72].
- "Augusta," case of the slaver, [315].
- Aury, Capt., buccaneer, [116].
- Austria, at Congress of Vienna, [155–56;]
- Ayres, Eli, U.S. African agent, [158];
- Babbit, William, slave-trader, [131] n.
- Bacon, Samuel, African agent, [126], [158].
- Badger, Joseph, slave-trader, [131] n.
- Baldwin, Abraham, in Federal Convention, [59], [60], [63], [65];
- Baltimore, slave-trade at, [131–32], [165], [166].
- Banks, N.P., [192], [305].
- Barancas, Fort, [120].
- Barbadoes, [12].
- Bard (of Pa.), Congressman, [90].
- Barksdale, Wm. (of Miss.), [175].
- Barnwell, Robert (of S.C.), [70].
- Barry, Robert, slave-trader, [165].
- Bay Island slave-depot, [166].
- Bayard, J.A. (of Del.), Congressman, [87].
- Bedinger, G.M. (of Ky.), [89] n.
- Belgium, [150].
- Belknap, J. (of Mass.), [77].
- Benezet, Anthony, [29].
- Benton, Thomas H., [140], [156], [285].
- Betton (of N.H.), Congressman, [109] n.
- Biblical Codes of Law, [26], [37], [44] n.
- Bidwell (of Mass.), Congressman, [99] n., [100] n., [102] n., [104] n., [108–10], [111], [252].
- Blanco and Caballo, slave-traders, [165].
- Bland, T. (of Va.), Congressman, [81].
- Bolivia, [144] n.
- legislation of, [76];
- see also under individual States.
- Border States, interstate slave-trade from, [155];
- Boston, slave-trade at, [37], [85], [166], [184].
- Bozal Negroes, [166].
- Braddock's Expedition, [21].
- Bradley, S.R., Senator, [98], [107], [108].
- Brazil, slave-trade to, [25], [114], [144], [163], [164], [171], [179], [275];
- Brazos Santiago, [180].
- Brown (of Miss.), Congressman, [175].
- Brown, John (of Va.), slave-trader, [52].
- Brown, John (of R.I.), [85–87].
- Buchanan, James A., refuses to co-operate with England, [151];
- Buchanan, Governor of Sierra Leone, [164].
- Bullock, Collector of Revenue, [116].
- Burgesses, Virginia House of, petitions vs. slave-trade, [21];
- Burke, Aedanus (of S.C.), [78–80].
- Butler, Pierce (of S.C.), Senator, [65].
- Calhoun, J.C., [155] n.
- California, vessels bound to, [162].
- Campbell, John, Congressman, [108].
- Campbell, Commander, U.S.N., [118] n.
- Canning, Stratford, British Minister, [138], [140].
- Canot, Capt., slave-trader, [184].
- Cape de Verde Islands, [185].
- Cartwright, Edmund, [152].
- Cass, Lewis, [147–51], [281].
- Castlereagh, British Cabinet Minister, [135], [136].
- Cato, insurrection of the slave, [18].
- "Centinel," newspaper correspondent, [67].
- Central America, [177].
- Chandalier Islands, [119].
- Chandler, John (of N.H.), [104] n.
- Charles II., of England, [10].
- Charleston, S.C., attitude toward "Association," [49];
- Chew, Beverly, Collector of Revenue, [116], [118].
- Chili, [150].
- Chittenden, Martin (of Vt.), [109] n.
- Claiborne, Wm., Governor of La., [92].
- Clarkson, William, [53], [134].
- Clay, J.B. (of Ky.), Congressman, [175].
- Clay, Congressman, [102] n.
- Clearance of slavers, [157], [162], [164], [184], [280], [287], [288].
- Clymer, George (of Pa.), [63], [77].
- Coastwise slave-trade, [98], [106–09], [156], [161], [183], [191], [302].
- Cobb, Howell, Sec. of the Treasury, [177].
- Coles (of Va.), Congressman, [81].
- Colombia, U.S. of, [142], [270].
- Colonies, legislation of, see under individual Colonies, and [Appendix A];
- Colonization Society, [126], [156] n., [158], [196].
- "Comet," case of the slaver, [143], [309].
- Commercial conventions, Southern, [169–73].
- Company of Merchants Trading to Africa, [11].
- Compromises in Constitution, [62–66], [196–98.]
- Compton, Samuel, [152].
- Confederate States of America, [187–90], [299], [300].
- Confederation, the, [56–57], [228].
- Congress of the United States, [77–111], [112], [121–26], [128], [131], [156–58], [174], [190–92], [239], [247–66], [268], [271–75], [278–81], [284–94], [295–97], [298–99], [301–02], [304–05].
- Congress of Verona, [139].
- Congress of Vienna, [135], [137].
- Connecticut, restrictions in, [43–44], [57];
- "Constitution," slaver, [120], [121], [307].
- See also Amendments and Compromises.
- Constitution of the United States, [58–73], [78], [79–83], [94], [102–03], [107], [111] n., [139], [183], [196], [248–51], [253], [258], [266], [298], [299].
- Continental Congress, [49–52].
- Cook, Congressman, [100] n., [103] n., [108].
- Cosby, Governor of N.Y., [27].
- Cotton, manufacture of, [152], [153];
- Cotton-gin, [153].
- Coxe, Tench, [68].
- Cranston, Governor of R.I., [41].
- Crawford, W.H., Secretary, [119], [175].
- "Creole," case of the slaver, [143], [283–84], [312].
- Crimean war, [154].
- Cruising Conventions, [138], [139], [146], [148–49], [285], [289], [292], [297–98].
- Cuba, cruising off, [151], [297];
- Cumberland, Lieut., R.N., [149].
- "Cyane," U.S.S., [129].
- Dana (of Conn.), Congressman, [86].
- Danish slave-trade, [47].
- Darien, Ga., [51], [117].
- Davis, Jefferson, [175].
- De Bow, J.D.B., [172], [176].
- Declaration of Independence, [53–54].
- Delaware, restrictions in, [31], [56], [76];
- Denmark, abolition of slave-trade, [133], [247].
- Dent (of Md.), Congressman, [87].
- Dickinson, John, in the Federal Convention, [59], [60], [63].
- Dickson (of N.C.), Congressman, [87].
- Disallowance of Colonial acts, [11], [12], [18–19], [21], [27], [29], [32], [42].
- Dobbs, Governor of N.C., [12].
- Dolben, Sir William, M.P., [134].
- Douglas, Stephen A., [181].
- Dowdell (of Ala.), Congressman, [175].
- Drake, Capt., slave-smuggler, [114], [166].
- Driscoll, Capt., slave-trader, [184].
- Duke of York's Laws, [26], [200].
- Dunmore, Lord, [226].
- Dutch. See Holland.
- Dutch West India Company, [25].
- Duty, on African goods, [10];
- Dwight, Theodore, of Conn., [105] n.
- Early, Peter (of Ga.), [99] n., [100], [102], [104–08], [111].
- East Indies, [50].
- Economic revolution, [152–54].
- Edwards (of N.C.), Congressman, [122] n.
- Ellsworth, Oliver (of Conn.), in Federal Convention, [58], [59], [61].
- Elmer, Congressman, [106] n.
- Ely, Congressman, [103] n., [105] n.
- Emancipation of slaves, [31], [39], [42], [44], [68], [70], [76], [79–84], [192], [196], [226–29].
- "Encomium," case of, [143], [309].
- England, slave-trade policy, [9–14], [25], [30], [42], [46–50], [53], [54], [97], [134–51], [153], [191], [206], [207], [208], [252], [254], [256], [259], [265–69], [275], [276], [281], [285], [297], [301], [302], [303], [305].
- See Disallowance.
- English Colonies. See Colonies.
- "Enterprise," case of, [143], [309].
- Escambia River, [114].
- Fairfax County, Virginia, [49].
- Faneuil Hall, meeting in, [48].
- Federalist, the, on slave-trade, [69].
- Fernandina, port of, [116].
- Filibustering expeditions, [177].
- Findley, Congressman, [103] n.
- Fisk, Congressman, [100] n.
- Florida, [52], [102], [114], [116], [120], [166], [170], [180], [181].
- See St. Mary's River and Amelia Island.
- Foote, H.S. (of Miss.), [172].
- Forsyth, John, Secretary of State, [144], [146], [156] n., [176].
- Foster (of N.H.), Congressman, [81].
- Fowler, W.C., [112–13].
- Fox, C.J., English Cabinet Minister, [135] n.
- France, Revolution in, [133];
- Franklin, Benjamin, [80].
- Friends, protest of, vs. slave-trade, [28–29;]
- Gaillard, Congressman, [108].
- Gallatin, Albert, [91–92].
- Gallinas, port of, Africa, [128].
- Galveston, Tex., [115].
- Garnett (of Va.), Congressman, [109] n.
- "General Ramirez." See "Antelope."
- Georgia, slavery in, [13], [14];
- restrictions in, [15], [16], [75], [176–77;]
- opposition to "Association," [51], [52];
- demands slave-trade, [16], [55], [60–67;]
- attitude toward restrictions, [80], [81], [84], [132];
- smuggling to, [89], [95], [102], [114], [116], [117], [180], [181];
- Colonial and State statutes, [112], [215], [241], [244], [245], [257], [259], [276–77].
- Germanic Federation, [150].
- Gerry, Elbridge, in the Federal Convention, [59], [60];
- Ghent, Treaty of, [136], [254].
- Giddings, J.R., [183] n., [284], [287].
- Giles, W.B. (of Va.), Congressman, [108].
- Gordon, Capt., slave-trader, [190] n.
- Good Hope, Cape of, [151], [160], [191].
- Gorham, N. (of Mass.), in Federal Convention, [58], [65].
- Goulden, W.B., [169].
- Graham, Secretary of the Navy, [185].
- Great Britain. See England.
- Gregory XVI., Pope, [145].
- Grenville-Fox ministry, [134].
- Guadaloupe, [88].
- Guinea. See Africa.
- Guizot, F., French Foreign Minister, [147].
- Habersham, R.W., [130] n.
- Hamilton, Alexander, [58].
- Hanse Towns, [142].
- Harmony and Co., slave-traders, [165].
- Harper (of S.C.), Congressman, [92].
- Hartley, David, [80], [81].
- Hastings, Congressman, [105] n.
- Havana, Cuba, [119], [120], [145], [162], [165].
- Hawkins, Sir John, [9].
- Hayti, [144] n.;
- Heath, General, of Mass., [71].
- Henderick, Garrett, [28].
- Hill (of N.C.), Congressman, [85].
- Holland, participation of, in slave-trade, [24], [25], [47];
- Holland, Congressman, [99] n., [103], [106] n.
- Hopkins, John, slave-trader, [131] n.
- Hopkins, Samuel, [41].
- Horn, Cape, [160], [162].
- Huger (of S.C.), Congressman, [87], [91] n.
- Hunter, Andrew, [169] n.
- Hunter, Governor of N.J., [32].
- Hutchinson, Wm., Governor of Mass., [38].
- Import duties on slaves. See Duty.
- Indians, [29].
- Instructions to Governors, [12], [18–19], [27], [30], [33], [36];
- Insurrections. See Slaves.
- Iredell, James (of N.C.), [67], [71].
- Ireland, [48].
- Jackson, Andrew, pardons slave-traders, [131] n.
- Jackson, J. (of Ga.), [78], [80], [81].
- Jacksonville, Fla., [181].
- Jamaica, [12].
- Jay, William, [134–35].
- Jefferson, Thomas, drafts Declaration of Independence, [53], [54];
- Jefferson, Capt, slave-trader, [184].
- Johnson (of Conn.), [50], [63].
- Johnson (of La.), [141].
- Joint-cruising. See Cruising Conventions.
- Kane, Commissioner, [162].
- Keitt, L.M. (of S.C.), Congressman, [175].
- Kelly, Congressman, [108].
- Kenan, Congressman, [108].
- Kendall, Amos, [126] n.
- Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy, [185].
- Kentucky, [108] n., [170] n., [172] n.
- Key West, [185].
- Kilgore, resolutions in Congress, [175], [293].
- King, Rufus, in Federal Convention, [59], [63], [65].
- Knoxville, Tenn., [170].
- La Coste, Capt., slave-trader, [131].
- Lafitte, E., and Co., [177].
- Langdon, John, [59], [60], [63], [65].
- Lawrence (of N.Y.), [80], [81].
- Laws. See Statutes.
- Lee, Arthur, [48] n.
- Lee, R.H., [48] n., [49].
- Legislation. See Statutes.
- Le Roy, L., slave-trader, [131] n.
- Liberia, [124], [158].
- See African Agency.
- Lincoln, Abraham, [111], [126], [151], [190], [300–01].
- Liverpool, Eng., [53], [145].
- Livingstone (of N.Y.), in Federal Convention, [63].
- Lloyd, Congressman, [102] n., [106] n.
- London, Eng., [135], [137], [137] n., [147], [150], [154] n.
- "Louisa," slaver, [120], [121].
- Louisiana, sale of, [74], [97];
- Low, I. (of N.Y.), [50].
- Lowndes, R. (of S.C.), [72], [89] n., [90].
- McCarthy, Governor of Sierra Leone, [115].
- McGregor Raid, the, [116].
- McIntosh, Collector of Revenue, [117] n.
- McKeever, Lieut., U.S.N., [120], [121].
- Macon, N., [100], [102] n., [109].
- Madeira, [185].
- Madison, James, in the Federal Convention, [59], [63], [64];
- Madrid, Treaty of, [257].
- Maine, [166].
- Manchester, Eng., [47].
- Mansfield, Capt., slave-trader, [184].
- "Marino," slaver, [120], [121].
- Martin, Luther (of Md.), in the Federal Convention, [59], [61], [63], [65].
- Maryland, slavery in, [14];
- Mason, George, [59], [61], [65–67], [71].
- Mason, J.M., [177].
- Massachusetts, in slave-trade, [34–36;]
- Masters, Congressman, [99] n.
- Mathew, Capt., slave-trader, [184].
- Mathew, Governor of the Bahama Islands, [167].
- Matthews (of S.C.), [56].
- Meigs, Congressman, [132] n., [262].
- Memphis, Tenn., [181].
- Mercer, John (of Va.), [139] n., [142], [156] n.
- Messages, Presidential, [97–98], [113], [115], [141], [148], [157], [163], [251], [254], [255–60], [262], [264], [269], [271], [279], [280–81], [285], [291], [292], [294–95], [298], [300–01].
- Mesurado, Cape, [126], [158].
- Mexico, treaty with England, [144] n.;
- Mexico, Gulf of, [118], [159], [160], [166] n.
- Mickle, Calvin, [121].
- Middle Colonies, [24], [33], [57], [66].
- Middleton (of S.C.), Congressman, [126].
- Middletown, Conn., [43].
- Mifflin, W. (of Penn.), in Continental Congress, [50].
- Miles (of S.C.), Congressman, [175].
- Mississippi, slavery in, [91];
- Missouri, [123].
- Missouri Compromise, [124].
- Mitchell, Gen. D.B., [118].
- Mitchell, S.L. (of N.Y.), Congressman, [89] n.
- Mixed courts for slave-traders, [137], [139], [151], [191].
- Mobile, Ala., illicit trade to, [118], [119], [161], [181].
- Monroe, James, as President, messages on slave-trade, [117], [141], [257], [258], [259–60], [262–63], [265], [269];
- Morbon, Wm., slave-trader, [131] n.
- Morris, Gouverneur, in Federal Convention, [59], [63], [64], [65].
- Morris, Governor of N.J., [33].
- Moseley, Congressman, [106].
- Nansemond County, Va., [49].
- Naples (Two Sicilies), [142].
- Napoleon I., [74], [134], [136], [254].
- Navigation Ordinance, [25].
- Navy, United States, [111], [115], [118–20], [123], [124], [128], [159–61], [163], [184–86], [191], [259], [286], [295], [301];
- Neal, Rev. Mr., in Mass. Convention, [71].
- Negroes, character of, [13–14].
- See Slaves.
- Negro plots, [18], [30], [204].
- Nelson, Hugh (of Va.), [122] n., [123] n.
- Nelson, Attorney-General, [162].
- Netherlands. See Holland.
- New England, slavery in, [14], [34], [44];
- New Hampshire, restrictions in, [36], [37];
- New Jersey, slavery in, [14];
- New Mexico, [176].
- New Netherland, [24], [199], [200].
- New Orleans, illicit traffic to, [92], [115], [131] n., [161], [166], [171], [179].
- Newport, R.I., [35], [41].
- New York, slavery in, [14];
- New York City, illicit traffic at, [162], [166], [178–81], [190], [191].
- Nichols (of Va.), Congressman, [87].
- Norfolk, Va., [162].
- North Carolina, restrictions in, [19], [57], [76];
- Northwest Territory, [91].
- Nourse, Joseph, Registrar of the Treasury, [120] n.
- Nova Scotia, [52].
- Nunez River, Africa, [129].
- Oglethorpe, General James, [15].
- Olin (of Vt.), Congressman, [105] n.
- Ordinance of 1787, [91].
- "Ostend Manifesto," [177].
- Page, John (of Va.), [81].
- Palmerston, Lord, [146].
- Panama Congress, [142] n.
- Pardons granted to slave-traders, [131] n.
- Paris, France, Treaty of, [134], [135], [137] n.
- Parker, R.E. (of Va.), [77–78], [81].
- Parliament, slave-trade in, [10], [134].
- Pastorius, F.D., [28].
- Paterson's propositions, [58].
- Peace negotiations of 1783, [134].
- Pemberton, Thomas, [34].
- Pennsylvania, slavery in, [14];
- Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, [74], [80].
- Perdido River, [119].
- Perry, Commander, U.S.N., [162].
- Perry, Jesse, slave-trader, [131] n.
- Perry, Robert, slave-trader, [131] n.
- "Perry," U.S.S., [162], [165].
- Petitions, of Abolition societies, [56], [79–81], [83], [84];
- Pettigrew (of S.C.), [176].
- Philadelphia, [162], [166].
- Pinckney, Charles (of S.C.), in Federal Convention, [58–60], [65].
- Pinckney, C.C. (of S.C.), in Federal Convention, [59–63], [64].
- Pindall, Congressman, [122] n., [123] n.
- Piracy, slave-trade made, [124–25], [140], [141], [146], [149], [155] n.
- Pitkin, T. (of Conn.), [99] n., [104] n.
- Pitt, William, [134].
- Plumer, Wm. (of N.H.), [127].
- Pollard, Edward, [176].
- Pongas River, Africa, [129].
- Portugal, treaties with England, [135], [137], [145] n., [150], [256];
- Presidents. See under individual names.
- Price of slaves, [163].
- Prince George County, Va., [49].
- Privy Council, report to, [134].
- Proffit, U.S. Minister to Brazil, [164].
- Prohibition of slave-trade by Ga., [15], [75];
- Providence, R.I., [42].
- Prussia at European Congresses, [135–36], [139], [147], [281].
- Pryor, R.A. (of Va.), [171].
- Quakers. See Friends.
- Quarantine of slaves, [16].
- Quebec, [52].
- Quincy, Josiah, Congressman, [100] n., [102] n.
- Quintuple Treaty, [145], [147], [281].
- Rabun, Wm., Governor of Ga., [127].
- Ramsey, David (of S.C.), [69].
- Randolph, Edmund, in the Federal Convention, [58], [59], [63].
- Randolph, John, Congressman, [106–07].
- Randolph, Thomas M., Congressman, [108].
- Registration of slaves, [16], [132] n., [258], [260].
- Revenue from slave-trade, [87], [90], [95], [111], [112].
- See Duty Acts.
- Rhode Island, slave-trade in, [34], [35], [85];
- Rice Crop, [17], [20].
- Right of Search, [137–42], [145] n., [148–51], [156], [183], [185], [191], [256], [295].
- Rio Grande river, [176].
- Rio Janeiro, Brazil, [145], [160], [162].
- Rolfe, John, [25].
- Royal Adventurers, Company of, [10].
- Royal African Company, [10–11].
- Rum, traffic in, [35], [36], [50].
- Rush, Richard, Minister to England, [138].
- Russell, Lord John, [150], [297], [303].
- Russia in European Congresses, [135], [139], [147];
- Rutledge, Edward, in Federal Convention, [58–61], [65].
- Rutledge, John, Congressman, [84–87].
- St. Augustine, [114].
- St. Johns, Island of, [52].
- St. Johns Parish, Ga., [52].
- St. Mary's River, Fla., [113–14], [116], [117].
- "Sanderson," slaver, [35] n.
- Sandiford, [29].
- San Domingo, trade with, stopped, [50], [96];
- Sardinia, [142].
- Savannah, Ga., [16], [51], [169].
- Search. See Right of Search.
- Sewall, Wm., slave-trader, [131] n.
- Seward, Wm. H., Secretary, [151], [289], [293].
- Seward (of Ga.), Congressman, [175].
- Sharpe, Granville, [134].
- Sherbro Islands, Africa, [158].
- Sherman, Roger, in the Federal Convention, [59], [60], [62], [65];
- in Congress, [78].
- Shields, Thomas, slave-trader, [131] n.
- Sierra Leone, [129], [151], [191].
- Sinnickson (of N.J.), Congressman, [81].
- Slave Power, the, [153], [198].
- Slavers:
- "Alexander," [129] n.;
- "Amedie," [138] n.;
- "L'Amistad," [143];
- "Antelope" ("Ramirez"), [132];
- "Comet," [143] n.;
- "Constitution," [120], [121];
- "Creole," [143];
- "Daphne," [129] n.;
- "Dorset," [115];
- "Eliza," [129] n.;
- "Emily," [185];
- "Encomium," [143] n.;
- "Endymion," [129] n.;
- "Esperanza," [129] n.;
- "Eugene," [115], [129] n.;
- "Fame," [162];
- "Fortuna," [138] n.;
- "Illinois," [149];
- "Le Louis," [138] n.;
- "Louisa," [120];
- "Marino," [120];
- "Martha," [165];
- "Mary," [131] n.;
- "Mathilde," [129] n.;
- "Paz," [115];
- "La Pensée," [129] n.;
- "Plattsburg," [128] n., [129] n.;
- "Prova," [165];
- "Ramirez" ("Antelope"), [129] n., [130];
- "Rebecca," [115];
- "Rosa," [115];
- "Sanderson," [35] n.;
- "San Juan Nepomuceno," [138] n.;
- "Saucy Jack," [115];
- "Science," [129] n.;
- "Wanderer," [180], [184], [186];
- "Wildfire," [190] n.;
- see also Appendix C.
- Slavery. See Table of Contents.
- Slaves, number imported, [11], [13], [23] n., [27] n., [31] n., [33] n., [36] n., [39] n., [40] n., [43] n., [44] n., [89], [94], [181];
- Slave-trade, see Table of Contents;
- Slave-traders, [10], [11], [25], [34], [35], [37], [41], [93], [113], [119], [126–29], [146], [161], [176], [178], [180], [184];
- Slidell, John, [182].
- Sloan (of N.J.), Congressman, [99] n., [100], [105] n., [111], [251], [252].
- Smilie, John (of Pa.), Congressman, [99] n., [105] n., [104] n.
- Smith, Caleb B., [190].
- Smith, J.F., slave-trader, [131] n.
- Smith (of S.C.), Senator, [78–81], [93].
- Smith, Capt., slave-trader, [37].
- Smuggling of slaves, [76], [108], [109], [114], [116], [117], [127], [128], [129], [130], [166], [179–82].
- Sneed (of Tenn.), Congressman, [170].
- Soulé, Pierre, [177].
- South Carolina, slavery in, [13], [14], [17], [18], [93];
- restrictions in, [16–19], [75];
- attitude toward slave-trade, [49], [52], [55], [57], [81], [84];
- in the Federal Convention, [59–67], [70], [72];
- illicit traffic to, [89];
- repeal of prohibition, [89], [90], [92], [95];
- movement to reopen slave-trade, [169], [171], [172] n., [173];
- Colonial and State statutes, [201], [208–13], [215], [218], [220], [222], [229], [232], [237–38], [241–43], [245–47], [289–91].
- Southeby, Wm., [29].
- Southern Colonies, [15], [23].
- See under individual Colonies.
- Spaight, in Federal Convention, [65].
- Spain, signs Assiento, [11];
- Spottswood, Governor of Virginia, [20].
- Spratt, L.W. (of S.C.), [171], [172], [190] n.
- Stanton (of R.I.), Congressman, [89] n., [106].
- States. See under individual States.
- Statutes, Colonial, see under names of individual Colonies;
- State, [56–57], [75–77];
- see under names of individual States, and Appendices A and B;
- United States, Act of 1794, [83], [242];
- Act of 1800, [85], [245];
- Act of 1803, [87], [246];
- Act of 1807, [97], [253];
- Act of 1818, [121], [258];
- Act of 1819, [123], [259];
- Act of 1820, [124], [261];
- Act of 1860, [187], [297];
- Act of 1862, [191], [302];
- see also Appendix B, [247], [248], [254], [264], [272], [273], [276], [277], [285], [286], [289], [291], [294], [300], [303], [304].
- Stephens, Alexander, [175].
- Stevenson, A., Minister to England, [146–47].
- Stone (of Md.), Congressman, [79], [81], [108].
- Stono, S.C., insurrection at, [18].
- Sumner, Charles, [192] n., [305].
- Sweden, [135], [142], [269];
- Sylvester (of N.Y.), Congressman, [81].
- Taylor, Zachary, [286].
- Texas, [116], [144] n., [150], [155], [156], [165], [176], [180], [273], [277–78].
- Treaties, [11], [135–37], [141], [142], [145], [147–50], [151], [159], [206], [207], [228], [252], [254], [256], [259], [265], [269], [275], [276], [281], [285], [288], [292], [301–05].
- Trist, N., [160] n., [164], [165] n.
- Tyler, John, [148], [285], [286].
- Underwood, John C., [181].
- United States, [55], [74], [77], [84], [87], [88], [89], [90], [92], [97], [98], [102], [103], [110], [114], [117], [119], [120], [122], [126], [127], [128], [129], [133], [138], [136–51], [153], [156], [157], [158], [162–67], [168], [178], [179], [185], [188], [190], [242], [245–48], [264], [272–76], [277], [285], [286], [289], [291], [294], [297], [300–04].
- See also Table of Contents.
- Up de Graeff, Derick, [28].
- Up den Graef, Abraham, [28].
- Uruguay, [144] n.
- Utrecht, Treaty of, [207].
- Van Buren, Martin, [79–80].
- Van Rensselaer, Congressman, [108].
- Varnum, J., Congressman, [105] n.
- Venezuela, [144] n.
- Vermont, [28], [57], [94], [226], [228], [232], [249].
- Verona, Congress of, [139].
- Vicksburg, Miss., [172], [181].
- Vienna, Congress of, [135].
- Virginia, first slaves imported, [28], [306];
- slavery in, [14];
- restrictions in, [19–22], [76];
- frame of government of, [21];
- "Association" in, [48], [52], [57];
- in the Federal Convention, [61], [62], [64], [71];
- abolition sentiment in, [74], [78], [83];
- attitude on reopening the slave-trade, [171], [173] n.;
- Colonial and State statutes, [201–04], [213–15], [219–20], [222], [226], [227], [240], [249].
- Wallace, L.R., slave-trader, [131] n.
- Waln (of Penn.), Congressman, [85].
- "Wanderer," case of the slaver, [180], [184].
- Washington, Treaty of (1842), [148–50], [170], [172], [182], [185], [285], [286], [288], [292].
- Watt, James, [152] n.
- Webster, Daniel, [147], [281].
- Webster, Noah, [68].
- Wentworth, Governor of N.H., [36].
- West Indies, slave-trade to and from, [10], [13], [17], [25], [35], [37], [41], [42], [46], [48], [50], [55], [114], [117], [141], [151], [275];
- Western territory, [81], [261].
- Whitney, Eli, [153].
- Whydah, Africa, [149].
- Wilberforce, Wm., [134].
- Wilde, R.H., [132].
- "Wildfire," slaver, [190] n., [315].
- "William," case of the slaver, [315].
- Williams, D.R. (of N.C.), Congressman, [102] n., [109] n., [111].
- Williamsburg district, S.C., [169].
- Williamson (of S.C.), in Federal Convention, [59], [63], [65].
- Wilmington, N.C., [88].
- Wilson, James, in Federal Convention, [56], [58], [62], [70].
- Wilson (of Mass.), Congressman, [295], [296], [298].
- Winn, African agent, [158].
- Winston, Zenas, slave-trader, [131] n.
- Wirt, William, [118], [126] n., [130].
- Woolman, John, [29].
- Wright (of Va.), [126].
- Yancey, W.L., [171].