Fleming,
comment of, on freedmen's vagrancy,

Floods of the Mississippi,
a cause of migration,

Foote, Ex-Governor of Mississippi,
liberal measure of, presented to Vicksburg convention,

Fort Chartres,
slaves of,

Forten, James,
a wealthy Negro,

Freedman's relief societies,
aid of,

Free Negroes,
opposed to American Colonization Society;
interested in African colonization;
National Council of,

French,
departure of, from West to keep slaves;
welcome of, to fugitive slaves of the English colonies;
good treatment of,

Friends of fugitives,

Fugitive Slave Law, a destroyer of Negro settlements,