Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession

by Beverley B. Munford

work of, impeded by pro-slavery men and Abolitionists, [65].

Amendment to constitution, proposed by Congress, 1861, safeguarding slavery, [192];

ratified by Ohio and Maryland, [192].

Annapolis, convention assembles at, 1786, to amend Articles of Confederation, [238].

Anti-Slavery sentiments, of prominent Virginians, [82]-[101].

Apportionment, basis of, for representation in Virginia Legislature, [144], [172].

Arkansas, secedes because of Lincoln's call for troops, [226].

Bacon, Reverend Leonard, estimate of condition of free negroes, 1831, [160].

Baldwin, John B., a Union leader in Virginia Convention, 1861, [255];

urges President Lincoln to abandon coercion, [266];