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Douglass, Frederick, earliest recol-

lections, mother's visits, Hugh
and Thomas Auld, Columbia
orator, 140; Richard Anthony,
141; Edward Covey, 142-143;
apprenticed as caulker, 143;
Beverly Waugh, 140; Sunday
Schools, disguise as fugitive,
"Lady of the Lake," gives
name, 144; first visit to anti-
slavery meeting, 144; begins
career as orator, S. R. Ward,
149; "My Narrative," 146;
visit to Europe, 146; incident
on shipboard, 146; emancipa-

tion affected, 147; returns to
United States, starts North
Star, meets foremost English
statesman and philanthropist,
147; presides over Rochester
Convention, 38; in colored con-
ventions, Mrs. Stowe and in-
dustrial education, 148; oppo-
nent of colonization, meets John
Brown, narrow escape from ar-
rest by Governor Henry A.
Wise, 149; second visit to Eu-
rope, return to America, advo-
cates Negro enlistments, 150;
assassination of Lincoln, 150;
repudiates Andrew Johnson,
delegate to Loyalist Conven-
tion, 151; advocates recon-
struction in enemy's country,
151; first colored appointment
by President Grant, 152; re-
moves to Washington and edits
New National Era, 152; secre-
tary Commission San Domingo,
152; Presidential elector and
president Freedmen's Bank and
trustee Howard University,
152;
becomes United States
marshal, recorder of deeds,
United States Minister to
Haiti, Haitian commissioner
Columbian World Exposition,
153; death and funeral cere-
monies, 153; memorials, statue
Rochester, medallion State
Capitol, Albany, N. Y., Cedar
Hill, a prophecy realized, 153
Douglass, Robert, 28
Douglas, Stephen A., 22

Dred Scott Decision, 22
DuBois, W. E. B., 73

Dykes, Mrs. Charles Bartlett, fore-
word

Dutch relaxation of slavery, 8
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, birth and
parentage, 188; early habit of
writing, 188; defect of advanced
training remedied, contributor
to magazines, first book pub-
lished, Dr. H. A. Tobey early
patron, 189; voice of the new
singer, first reception in honor,
World's Columbian Exposition,
Frederick Douglass as patron,
W. D. Howells, excels in dia-
lect and plantation stories, 190;
Library World's Best Litera-
ture, 191; trip to England, Li-
brary of Congress, marriage,
193; The Haunted Oak, 193;
early demise, 193; tells story of
his work and recognition, 191

Dunmore, Lord, 50
Durham, Dr. James, 82

EARLY incident of Civil War, 242
Ellicott, Andrew, friend of Banne-
ker, 90

George, patron of Banneker, 89
Elliott, Robert Brown, West Indian
ancestry, British training,
printer, editor Charleston
Leader, legal training, 179;
reconstruction legislation, de-
feats proposition to pay slave
owners' claims, becomes power
in Palmetto State politics, 180;
Congressional career, 48, 182;
answers Alexander H. Stephens
and other Democrats, 182; as
lawyer, 183, 186; eulogist of
Charles Sumner, 185; resigna-

tion from Congress and highest
political aspirations defeated,
186; linguistic accomplish-
ments, 187; Douglass' high es-
timate, 187; premature death,
187; ex parte Tilda Morris,
State vs. Samuel Lee, 186;
chairman National Civil Rights
Convention Colored Men, 186;
civil rights discussion, 182;
attorney general for State,
186
Estevan, 1.
Establishment of Ante-bellum Col-
lege for Colored Men, 39
El Caney, 59.

Ecumenical Conference, 173.
Emancipation Proclamation, 23.
Equal Rights League, 45, 156.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 157.
Ewing, Rev. Quincy, 75.

FAUSTIN, Emperor of Haiti, 44.
Federal territory, 90.

Finney, Charles G., 215.
Finch, Earl E., 74.

First Baptist Church, St. Louis, 61.
Bryan Baptist Church, 63.
Independent Military Company,
59.

Presbyterian Church organized,

65.

Mississippi Regiment, 55.
Teachers, 25.

Baptist Church (white), Ports-
mouth, Va., 64.
Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regi-
ment, 55

Fitzherbert, Sergt., legal instructor
of Elliott, 179

Fleetwood, Maj. Christian A., 55 &
Appx.

Fisk University, 25
Floreyville Star, 167
Forten, James, 28

Fort Griswold, 51

Fort Harrison, 55

Fort Pillow, 54

Florida, readmission, 47
Fortune, T. Thomas, 74

France Abolishes Slave Trade, 18
Franchise, first given, 24

Franchise, Elective present control,
49

Franklin, Benjamin, against Slavery
10

Resemblance of Banneker, 96
Free African Society, 17
Freedom's Journal, 27

Freeman, Jordan, 51
Freedmen's Bank, Appendix, 253
Freedmen's Bureau, Appendix, 248
Free Labor Stores, 33

Freetown, Sierra Leone, W. A., 100,
101, 102

French and Indian War, 50
Fuller, Solomon C., 73
Fugitive Slave Law, 12

GABRIEL, General, 11
Gardiner, Peter, 25
Garfield, President, 157
Garnet, Henry Highland, 227

Convention Address to Slaves,
126; Magna Charta of princi-
ples, 127; Birth and Ancestry
—U. G. R. R.—Early educa-
tional aspirations-founder of
Presbyterian Church and Edi-
tor, 127; Boyhood companions

who became famous-natural
orator; pastor of Washington
pulpit; preaches in House of
Representatives; Memorial vol-
ume, 128; becomes College
president; returns to N. Y.
pastorate; potential political
leader; honored by nomination
and confirmation as Liberian
Minister; last visit to Wash-
ington and ominous prophecy
-The End, 129

Garrison, William Lloyd, 33
Mission to Europe, 28; Passen-
ger with Bishop Payne, 124;
Aroused by Douglass, 144
Germans and Slavery, 4
Germantown Quakers'

against Slavery, 4

Protest

General Educational Board, 26
Theological Seminary, 131
Georgia, readmission, 47
Gettysburg, 54

Gibbs, Jonathan C., Superintendent
of Schools, 26, 65
Gilchrist, Samuel, 56

Gladstone, Wm. Ewart, 238
Gloucester, Rev. John, 28, 65
Gold Coast, West Africa, 34

Golphin, Rev. Ventor, 63

Great Britian abolishes Slave Trade,
18

Green, Beriah, president of Oneida
Institute, 45, 127, 131
Green, Rev. Augustus R., 41
Green, Colonel, 51

Grice, Hezekiah, convention pro-
moter, 28, 30, 45

Grimke, Archibald H., 13, 74
Rev. Francis J., 74

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try, revolutionary-sent
Ohio Allen G. Thurman pre-
vents kidnaping, 155; enters
and graduates from Oberlin;
George W. Whipple, Albany
Law School, 156; Admission to
bar, 156; Preliminary career;
war recruiting officer-Gen. J.
A. Garfield-President Lincoln,
156; Inspector General Freed-
men's Schools-Gen. 0. 0.
Howard-Chief Justice Chase,
156; Moves to Washington;
Heads Equal Rights League,
156; Howard University Law
School Charles Sumner
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 157;
Board of Health, 158; John-
son's Tender, 157; Minister to
Haiti, 158; Antagonized by
Mahone, Virginia, N. & C., In-
stitute, 158; Candidate for
Congress, 159; Subsequent ca-
reer; Family Life and Coinci-
dences, 159; Dramatic Situa-
tion, 160; Dr. Rankin's pen por-
trait, 163

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Langston, Charles H., 41

Lawrence, Kansas, 165

Latrobe, John H. B., 96

Lee, Bishop and Alex. Crummell,

131

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, 58
Levering, William, 136
Liberator, The, 11

Liberia Mission refused, 175

Liberty Guards, 60

Libyan Sibyl, 113

Leile, George, 17, 66

Lincoln, President, 122, 156
Lincoln University, 172

Liverpool, visited by Paul Cuffé,
100, 101

Livingstone College, 173, 175
Louisiana Ninth, 55

Eleventh, 55

Baptist Association, 69
Second Guards, 54
Lowe, Rev. Kelly, 63
Lynch, John R., 48
Lundy, Benjamin, 28

MARSHALL, Rev. Abraham, 63
McCradey, Cæsar, 63

Malden, West Virginia, 196, 201
Madison, President, 101
Wisconsin, 207
Monroe, President, 53
McKinley, President, 57, 58
Maryland, 3
Massachusetts,
slavery, 4

recognition

of

Manual Training School, 31
Mason and Dixon's Line, 25, 58
Maine, 7

Missouri Compromise, 27
Morgan, S. C., 200

Mansfield, Lord, 6

Massasoit Guards, 60

Massachusetts Historical Society,

60

Mahone, William, 163

McHenry, James, 91

Mental Feasts, 33

Milliken's Bend, 54, 55

Mutual Relief Societies, 100

Miner Moralists' Society, 115
Mitchell, John G., 122

John, Jr., 74

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