this declaration revoked by Lincoln, 6, 7;

declared free by Hunter, 7;

inconsistent attitude of generals toward, 8;

proposal of Cameron to arm, cancelled by Lincoln, 8, 9;

protected from return to owners by Congress, 12;

armed, 15-18, 315, 316;

not paid equally with whites until 1864, 18;

armed in 1863, 132, 133;

threatened with death by South, 133.

Slidell, John,