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,
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
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
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
Latrobe, John H. B., 96
Lee, Bishop and Alex. Crummell,
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, 58 Levering, William, 136 Liberator, The, 11
Liberia Mission refused, 175
Liberty Guards, 60
Lincoln, President, 122, 156 Lincoln University, 172
Liverpool, visited by Paul Cuffé, 100, 101
Livingstone College, 173, 175 Louisiana Ninth, 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
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,
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
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