INDEX
- Abolition circulars, held up by Southern postmasters, 88.
- Abolition, sweet singers of, 100.
- Abolitionists, resent attitude of government to slavery, 219.
- “Anacostia, the Sage of,” 338.
- Andrew, John A., Governor of Massachusetts, enlists Negro regiments, 222.
- Anthony, Asa, friend of Douglass, 138.
- Anthony, H. B., favors policy of conciliation toward South, 213.
- Anthony, Lucretia, 19;
- her kindness to Douglass, 23.
- Anthony, Susan B., address at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Anti-Slavery conventions, 70, 78, 96.
- Anti-Slavery societies;
- Anti-Slavery Standard, The, anti-slavery newspaper, 124.
- Antoine, C. C., Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, 279.
- “Aunt Katy,” cruelty of, 19.
- Auld, Colonel B. F., sends floral tribute, Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Auld, Hugh, apprentices Douglass to a ship-calker, 51;
- Auld, Mrs. Sophia, teaches Douglass to read, 24.
- Auld, Thomas, 35;
- Bailey, Frederick Augustus Washington, 16.
- Bailey, “Grandmother,” character and influence of, 17.
- Barrier, Anthony, agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- Bearman, Amos G., assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, 80.
- Bible societies, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, 91.
- Birney, James G., Abolitionist, printing press destroyed by mob at Cincinnati, 89.
- Blackall, B. F., Douglass’s telegram to, 192.
- “Black Laws,” in Illinois, 142.
- Bliss, William C., friend of Douglass, 138.
- Breckinridge, John C., leader Southern Wing of the Democracy, 201.
- Bright, John, Douglass guest of, 115.
- Brougham, Lord, Douglass meets, 101.
- Brown, Box, fugitive slave, 163.
- Brown, John, 182;
- Brown, John M., representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, 260.
- Brown, William Wells, at Boston celebration Emancipation Proclamation, 239.
- Browne, Hugh M., head of “Institute for Colored Youth,” 152.
- Bruce, Blanche K., United States Senator from Mississippi, 279.
- Buffum, James N., accompanies Douglass to England, 100;
- in Scotland, 104.
- Bullock, Judge, favors colonization, 146.
- Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, 169.
- Burnside, General A. E., issues proclamation to Southern people, 218.
- Butler, General Benjamin F., declares fugitive slaves “contraband,” 222;
- at National Loyalists’ Convention, 268.
- Canada, end of the Underground Railway, 160.
- Carey, Mary Ann Shadd, Negro educator, 153.
- Cedar Hill, Douglass’s home, 337.
- Chambersburg, Pa., place of last meeting of Douglass and John Brown, 189.
- Chase, Salmon P., contributes to support of North Star, 125;
- encourages Douglass to visit President Lincoln, 228.
- Christiana, Pa., bloody resistance of slave-catchers at, 171.
- Churches, colored, 149.
- Civil War, causes of, 217.
- Clark, Peter H., efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, 151.
- Clarkson, Thomas, Douglass’s meeting with, 102.
- Clay, Henry, member of the Colonization Society, 146;
- favors Fugitive Slave Law, 166.
- Cobden, Richard, Douglass meets, 101.
- Collins, John A., general agent of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, 72;
- associated with Douglass in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” 79.
- Colonization Society, American, objects of, 145.
- Combe, George, Douglass entertained by, 102.
- Constitution of the United States, a “pro-slavery instrument,” 127.
- Cook, John F., efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, 151;
- representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, 260.
- Coppin, Fannie Jackson, efforts for ante-bellum Negro education, 151.
- Coppin, Thomas, efforts for ante-bellum Negro education, 151.
- Covey, Edward, the “negro breaker,” 38.
- Cox, A. L., delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, 96.
- Crafts, William, fugitive slave, 163.
- Crandall, Prudence, Abolitionist, imprisoned for teaching colored children, 88, 141.
- Crandall, Doctor Reuben, Abolitionist, imprisoned for circulating Anti-slavery literature, 88.
- Crofts, Mrs. Julia Griffith, takes business management of North Star, 125.
- Dallas, George M., Minister to England, refuses Douglass passport, 194.
- Dana, Charles A., Assistant Secretary of War, encourages Douglass to visit President Lincoln, 228.
- Davis, Alexander, Lieutenant-Governor of Mississippi, 279.
- Davis, Richard A., aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, 169.
- Day, J. Howard, colored anti-slavery orator, 155.
- Delaney, Martin R., colored anti-slavery orator, 155.
- Derrick, Bishop W. B., address at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Dickinson, Anna, at Boston celebration of Emancipation Proclamation, 239.
- Discrimination against Negroes at public lectures done away with, 66.
- Disraeli, Benjamin, Douglass meets, 101.
- Dix, General John A., proclamation to Southern people, 218.
- Dorr, Thomas W., leader of pro-slavery forces in Rhode Island contest over new constitution, 76.
- Dorsey, Thomas L., agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- Douglass, Charles R., son of Frederick, enlists in army, 223.
- Douglass, Frederick, born at Tuckahoe, 15;
- transferred to the Lloyd plantation, 19;
- starved by “Aunt Katy,” 20;
- sees his mother for the last time, 20;
- sees a slave killed by an overseer, 23;
- goes to Baltimore to live, 24;
- is taught to read, 24;
- gains possession of a speller, 26;
- buys a copy of the Columbian Orator, 26;
- learns to write, 27;
- thoughts turned to religion, 28;
- sent back to the plantation, 31;
- justifies pilfering by slaves, 34;
- Sunday-school broken up, 36;
- sent to a negro breaker, 37;
- starts a second Sunday-school, 42;
- plans to escape, 44;
- plot discovered, 48;
- sent back to Baltimore, 50;
- apprenticed as a shipcalker, 51;
- buys his own time, 56;
- makes his escape from Baltimore, 58;
- marries in New York, 62;
- seeks refuge in New Bedford, Mass., 63;
- changes his name, 63;
- denied opportunity to work at his trade, 65;
- attends anti-slavery convention at Nantucket, 70;
- invited to become a speaker for the anti-slavery cause, 72;
- takes part in political contest in Rhode Island, 76;
- speaks on the common at Grafton, Mass., 78;
- takes part in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” 78;
- addresses 5,000 people at Buffalo, N. Y., 80;
- is mobbed at Richmond, Ind., 81;
- publishes “Narrative,” 99;
- sails for Europe, 100;
- is refused cabin passage on the steamer Cambria, 100;
- meets Thomas Clarkson, English Abolitionist, 102;
- makes a tour through Ireland, 102;
- presented with a Bible by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 102;
- takes part in the anti-slavery agitation in Scotland, 103;
- addresses the World’s Temperance Convention at Covent Garden, 106;
- speaks at the Peace Convention in London, 110;
- freedom purchased, 112;
- receives a gift of $2,500 to found an anti-slavery journal, 114;
- returns from England to America, 116;
- attacked by newspapers, 117;
- presides at colored convention in Cleveland, 118;
- reasons for founding an independent newspaper, 120;
- removes to Rochester, N. Y., 124;
- publishes the North Star, 125;
- parts company with the Garrisonians, 128;
- grounds for change of views, 129;
- tribute to the anti-slavery society, 132;
- personal relations with Garrison, 133;
- speaks in behalf of the rights of women, 136;
- difficulties in securing an education for children, 138;
- connection with the Underground Railway, 158, 161;
- describes effects of the Fugitive Slave Law, 168;
- shelters fugitive slaves from Christiana, Pa., 172;
- reflections upon the Dred Scott Decision, 173;
- meeting with Harriet Beecher Stowe, 176;
- outlines plan for an industrial school for Free Negroes, 178;
- visits John Brown at Springfield, Mass., 183;
- visits John Brown at Chambersburg, 189;
- opposes John Brown’s plan for capture of Harper’s Ferry, 191;
- flees to Canada, 192;
- takes passage for England, 193;
- recalled to America by death of daughter, 194;
- on the effect of John Brown’s death, 197;
- supports Lincoln against Douglas, 203;
- address in Chicago in 1854, 204;
- welcomes the impending conflict, 216;
- urges the enlistment of Negro soldiers, 220;
- assists in organization of Negro regiments, 222;
- issues an appeal to the colored people, 224;
- first interview with President Lincoln, 229;
- promised position of adjutant, 232;
- Lincoln seeks aid to encourage escape of slaves from Southern states, 236;
- invited to take tea with the President, 238;
- description of reception of Emancipation Proclamation in Boston, 239;
- attends President’s reception, 240;
- speaks at Rochester on Lincoln’s assassination, 243;
- opposes dissolution of Anti-Slavery Society, 245;
- becomes Lyceum lecturer, 256;
- favors citizenship for Negro, 258;
- interviews President Johnson, 260;
- replies to President’s arguments against Negro suffrage, 261;
- writes address to Senate, 264;
- elected delegate to National Loyalists’ Convention, 265;
- removes to Washington, D. C., 273;
- publishes The New National Era, 274;
- becomes President of Freedman’s Bank, 276;
- councilman of District of Columbia, 283;
- member of legislature of District of Columbia, 283;
- member of the San Domingan annexation commission, 283;
- addresses colored convention at New Orleans, 284;
- marshal of District of Columbia, 1877, 287;
- Baltimore address on “Our National Capital,” 288;
- Recorder of Deeds, District of Columbia, 294;
- Minister to Hayti, 297;
- manners and personal character, 303;
- marries Miss Helen Pitts, 306;
- Decoration Day address at Arlington, 309;
- address at Washington, D. C., on Lincoln, 311;
- address before Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association at Nashville, 312;
- speech on Supreme Court Decision on Civil Rights Bill, 316;
- opposes Chinese exclusion, 320;
- views on religion, 321;
- opposes the Kansas exodus, 323;
- visits Thomas Auld, 327;
- visits the Lloyd estate, 329;
- address on John Brown at Harper’s Ferry, 330;
- address at Tuskegee, 1892, 333;
- aids in foundation of Industrial School at Manassas, Va., 333;
- Haytian Commissioner at World’s Fair, 1893, 334;
- address on Negro Day, World’s Fair, 335;
- protests against lynching, 337;
- death, 1895, 340;
- funeral services, 342;
- memorial services at Rochester, 344.
- Douglass, H. Ford, colored anti-slavery orator, 155.
- Douglass, Lewis H., son of Frederick, enlists in army, 223;
- visits President Andrew Johnson, 260.
- Douglas, Stephen A., policy in Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 198;
- Downing, George T., visits President Johnson, 260.
- Downing, Thomas, agent for Underground Railway, 161.
- Dred Scott Decision, influence on anti-slavery agitation, 173, 195.
- Dunlop, Alexander, representative Negro, one of delegation to visit President Johnson, 261.
- Dunn, Oscar J., Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, 279.
- Durham, John S., address at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Education, Negro, early efforts of, 151.
- Elliott, Robert Brown, Negro member of Congress, 280.
- Ellis, Charles M., aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, 169.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, uses influence to open public lectures to Negroes, 66.
- Everett, Edward, Governor of Massachusetts, favors law to prevent printing of Abolition literature, 87.
- Fish, Benjamin, friend of Douglass, 138.
- Fortin, Charlotte L., Negro educator, 153.
- Foster, George, anti-slavery speaker, 73;
- associated with Douglass in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” 79.
- Foster, Stephen S., takes part in the Rhode Island contest over new constitution, 76.
- “Free Church,” of Scotland, anti-slavery agitation in, 104.
- Freeland, William, hires Douglass, 41.
- Free Soil Democrats, rally to support the Union, 215.
- Fugitive Slave Law, 166;
- arouses resentment in North, 168.
- Ganes, John F., efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, 151.
- Gannett, Rev. W. C., delivers Douglass’s funeral oration, 344.
- Garnett, Henry Highland, assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, 80;
- agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- Garrison, William Lloyd, address at anti-slavery convention at Nantucket, 71;
- Gay, Sidney Howard, takes part in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” 79.
- Gibbs, Mifflin W., colored anti-slavery orator, 155.
- Giddings, Joshua R., contributes to support of North Star, 125;
- favors policy of conciliation to South, 213.
- Gleaves, Robert H., Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, 279.
- Goodell, William, delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, 96.
- Gray, John A., friend of Douglass, 138.
- Greeley, Horace, letter to President Lincoln, 219;
- protests against treatment of Negro soldiers, 227.
- Green, Beriah, delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, 96.
- Grimké, Rev. F. J., address at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Hale, John P., criticised by Douglass, 134.
- Hall, Primus, ante-bellum Negro teacher, 151.
- Hallowell, William, friend of Douglass, 138.
- Hardy, Mrs. Neal, binds Douglass’s wounds at Richmond, Indiana, 82.
- Harlan, John Marshall, Associate Justice United States Supreme Court, attends Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, Negro educator, 153.
- Harper’s Ferry, John Brown’s preparations for assault upon, 189.
- Hayti, at World’s Fair, Chicago, 334.
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, 169.
- Hoar, Senator George Frisbie, at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Holland, Frederick May, describes effect of Fugitive Slave Law, 167;
- “Life” of Douglass quoted, 204.
- Holley, Myron, friend of Douglass, 138.
- Howard, General O. O., head of Freedmen’s Bureau, 251.
- Howard University, influence of Douglass at, 339.
- Howitt, William, remarks concerning Douglass, 110.
- Humphrey, Richard, bequeaths funds for Negro education, 152.
- Hutchinson family, lends Douglass support on voyage to England, 100.
- Improvement Society, East Baltimore, for free colored people, 52.
- Industrial school, Douglass’s plan for, 178.
- Jackson, President Andrew, proposes Congressional legislation to prevent circulation of Abolition literature through mails, 88;
- address to colored troops, 149.
- Jenifer, Rev. J. T., sermon at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Johnson, Andrew, President United States opposes Negro suffrage, 261.
- Johnson, Nathan, gives Douglass a refuge, 63.
- Jones, John, representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, 260.
- Kansas-Nebraska Bill, effect on anti-slavery sentiment, 173.
- Kelley, Abby, takes part in contest in Rhode Island over new constitution, 76.
- Lafayette, General, member of the Colonization Society, 146.
- Langston, John M., colored anti-slavery orator, 155.
- Lawson, “Uncle,” 29.
- Lecture platform, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, 92.
- Liberator, The, Garrison’s paper, 124, 128.
- Lincoln, Abraham, debate with Douglass, 199.
- Lloyd, Colonel Edward, vast estate of, 18.
- Lloyd, Daniel, kindness to Douglass, 23.
- Loguen, Rev. J. W., agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- Lovejoy, Rev. Elijah P., Abolitionist, killed at Alton, Ill., 89.
- Lundy, Benjamin, Abolitionist, assaulted in Baltimore, 88;
- work for emancipation, 97.
- Lynch, John R., member of Congress from Louisiana, 280.
- Madison, James, member of the Colonization Society, 146.
- Mann, Horace, uses influence to open public lectures to Negroes, 66;
- contributes to support of North Star, 125.
- Marcy, William L., Governor of New York, favors law to suppress printing of Abolition literature, 87.
- Marshall, John, Chief Justice, member of the Colonization Society, 146.
- Martin, J. Sella, at Boston celebration Emancipation Proclamation, 239.
- Matthews, William E., visits President Andrew Johnson, 260.
- May, Samuel J., letter to Garrison concerning Douglass, 133.
- McClellan, General George B., warns slaves not to seek protection with Northern armies, 217.
- Metzerott’s Hall, Douglass’s address at, 340.
- Missionary movement, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, 91.
- Missouri Compromise, puts question of slavery before people, 93.
- Mob, destroys printing press of The Philanthropist, 89;
- interrupts Rev. O. Scott’s lecture, 89;
- demolishes Academy for Negroes at Canaan, N. H., 89;
- disperses meeting of female anti-slavery society at Boston, 89;
- breaks up an anti-slavery meeting at Syracuse, 89;
- of Yale students, 89;
- burns Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia, 89;
- indulges in two days’ riot at Philadelphia, 90.
- Monroe, James, takes part in Rhode Island contest over new constitution, 76;
- associated with Douglass in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” 79.
- Mott, Lucretia, connection with anti-slavery and woman’s suffrage, 136.
- Myers, Stephen J., agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- “Narrative,” Frederick Douglass’s, 99.
- Negroes, free, Douglass’s call to arms of, 223.
- “Negro Pews,” at Hartford, Conn., 142.
- Negro soldiers, at Port Royal, 221;
- Negro Volunteers, Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts Regiments, 222.
- Newspapers, colored, Ram’s Horn, The Mystery, The Disfranchised American, The Northern Star, The Colored Farmer, 124.
- Nichols, M. J. N., address at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- North Star, Douglass’s anti-slavery paper, 125;
- Douglass’s early experiences with, 137.
- O’Connell, Daniel, relation to Douglass, 102.
- Orator, Columbian, Douglass’s first book, 26, 42.
- Otis, Joseph E., representative Negro, one of delegation to President Johnson, 260.
- Palfrey, John G., contributes to support of The North Star, 125.
- Parker, Theodore, aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, 169.
- Peabody, Ephraim, gives Douglass his first job, 64.
- Peace Convention, London, addressed by Douglass, 107.
- Peel, Sir Robert, Douglass meets, 101.
- Pennington, Rev. J. W. C., 62.
- Peterson, John, efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, 151.
- Phillips, Wendell, advises Douglass to throw his “Narrative” in the fire, 75;
- aids in rescue of Anthony Burns, fugitive slave, 169.
- Pillsbury, Parker, takes part in Rhode Island contest over new constitution, 76.
- Pinchback, P. B. S., Lieutenant-Governor of Louisiana, 279.
- Pomeroy, S. C., United States Senator, introduces Douglass to President Lincoln, 228.
- Port Royal, proclamation of T. W. Sherman at, 218.
- Porter, Samuel D., friend of Douglass, 138.
- Post, Isaac, friend of Douglass, 138.
- Press, its effect upon anti-slavery agitation, 92.
- Prichard, his Natural History of Man, 17.
- “Prigg Case,” in regard to runaway slaves, 166.
- “Protection, Sailor’s,” character of, 59.
- Purvis, Robert, Vice-President of National Anti-Slavery Society, 155.
- Quincy, Edmund, praises The North Star, 126.
- Raid, John Brown, intensifies hatred of Negro, 195.
- Railroads, regulations enforced against free colored people, 54.
- Railway, Underground, 158;
- Western and Southwestern branches, 162.
- Ram’s Horn, colored newspaper, 123.
- Ransier, Alonzo J., Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, 279.
- Ray, Charles M., assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, 80.
- Revels, Hiram, United States Senator from Mississippi, 279.
- Remond, Charles Lennox, takes part in the “one hundred anti-slavery conventions,” 79;
- Rich, William, agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- Richardson, Mrs. Ellen, purchases Douglass’s freedom, 112.
- Richardson, Mrs. Henry, purchases Douglass’s freedom, 112.
- Ross, A. W., representative Negro, one of the delegation to President Johnson, 260.
- Russell, Lord John, 101.
- Russell, Thomas, at Boston celebration of Emancipation Proclamation, 239.
- Schurz, Carl, report on Southern conditions, 248.
- Scott, Rev. O., Abolitionist, prevented from delivering Abolitionist lecture at Worcester, Mass., 1835, 89.
- Sewall, Mrs. May Wright, 341;
- address at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Seward, William H., contributes to support of North Star, 125;
- Shadrach, fugitive slave, the case of, 171.
- Shaw, Colonel Robert Gould, commands first Negro regiment, 222.
- Sherman, General T. W. proclamation at Port Royal, 218.
- Sherman, Senator, John, at Douglass’s funeral, 343.
- Slavery and anti-slavery, issues defined, 94.
- Smalls, Robert, Negro member of Congress, 280.
- Smith, Gerrit, distinguished from Garrison, 122;
- Smith, Doctor James McCune, colored anti-slavery orator, 155;
- agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, offers Douglass commission in army, 232.
- Stearns, Major George L., writes to Douglass in behalf of Negro soldiers, 227.
- St. Michaels, Douglass’s early home, 35.
- Still, William, anti-slavery author, 155;
- agent for the Underground Railway, 161.
- Story, Joseph, Justice Supreme Court, decision in the “Prigg Case,” 166.
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 174.
- Sumner, Charles, uses influence to open public lectures for Negroes, 66;
- contributes to support of North Star, 125.
- Tappan, Arthur, 61;
- chosen President National Anti-Slavery Society, 96.
- Tappan, Lewis, 61.
- Temperance Convention, World’s, addressed by Douglass, 106.
- Thompson, George, Abolitionist, in Scotland, 104.
- Thompson, John W., plans erection of Douglass statue, 347.
- Tilton, Theodore, marches with Douglass at National Loyalists’ Convention, 269.
- Tracy Seminary, Douglass’s daughter compelled to leave, 138.
- Tract Society, effect upon anti-slavery agitation, 91.
- Tuskegee, Douglass visits, 333.
- “Vigilance Committee,” of anti-slavery society, work of in Pennsylvania, 163.
- Ward, Samuel R., colored anti-slavery orator, 155.
- Webster, Daniel, remarks on growth of cotton industry, 84;
- Wells, Nelson, efforts to establish ante-bellum Negro education, 151.
- Whipper, William, agent for the Underground Railway, 161;
- one of delegation to President Johnson, 260.
- Whittier, John G., delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, 96.
- Winthrop, Senator Robert C., at Faneuil Hall after fall of Richmond, 242.
- Wise, Henry A., Governor of Virginia, letter to President Buchanan, 192.
- Wright, Elizur, delegate National Anti-Slavery Society, 96.
- Wright, Frances, connection with anti-slavery and woman’s suffrage, 136.
- Wright, Theodore S., assists Douglass at Buffalo anti-slavery meeting, 80.