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,

seized by Wilkes, i. 380;