Frederick Douglass

by Booker T. Washington

Williams, G. W. Negro Troops in the Rebellion, 1888.

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;
  • Massachusetts Society employs Douglass as agent, [72];
  • New England society organized, [96];
  • New York society organized, [96];
  • National society formed, [96];
  • British and Foreign, presents Douglass with Bible, [102].
• 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];
  • sells Douglass his own time, [55];
  • sells Douglass into freedom, [113].
• Auld, Mrs. Sophia, teaches Douglass to read, [24].
• Auld, Thomas, [35];
  • his fondness for Douglass, [49];
  • sells Douglass, [113].
• 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];
  • at Chambersburg, [189];
  • effect of execution on anti-slavery movement, [197].
• 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];
  • debate with Lincoln, [199];
  • position of, defined, [202].
• 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];
  • assaulted in Baltimore, [88];
  • delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, [96];
  • in Scotland, [103];
  • attacked by papers in Cleveland, [118];
  • opposes Douglass’s anti-slavery paper, [121];
  • conception of slavery, [122];
  • and the slave-holder, [128];
  • relation to Douglass, [132];
  • comment on Shadrach case, [170].
• 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];
  • at Fort Wagner, [222];
  • proclamation of Confederate Government concerning, [227];
  • Douglass’s remarks on treatment of, [228];
  • number enlisted, [233].
• 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];
  • assists at Buffalo anti-slavery meetings, [80];
  • agent for the Underground Railway, [161].
• 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];
  • favors policy of conciliation to South, [213];
  • declaration defining issues of the war, [217].
• 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];
  • contributes to support the North Star, [125];
  • member of the Colonization Society, [146].
• 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];
  • member of the Colonization Society, [146];
  • favors Fugitive Slave Law, [166].
• 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].

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.