Congress,
action of, from 1847 to 1850, § 27.
Connecticut,
legislation in, § 4;
in the New England confederation, § 8;
offers reward, § 8;
emancipation in, § 14;
Personal Liberty Laws in, § 78, § 79, § 82;
servants in, A 9;
against runaways, A 67, A 78, A 79.
Constitution,
fugitive slave clause in, § 16, B 7;
defended slavery, § 16;
amendments proposed, C 22.
Constitutional Convention,
fugitive question in, § 15.
Contrabands,
origin of term, § 88.
Convention,
in Treaty of Ghent, § 22.
See also Constitutional Convention.
Conviction of a fugitive,
evidence necessary, § 18.
Cooledge, N.,
in Latimer case, § 44.
Court,
Commissioners, how chosen, § 30.
See also Conviction, Trials.
Court-house
assaulted, § 58.
Cowden, Colonel,
in Wisdom case, § 94.
Cox, ——,
resolution, C 5;
on repeal bill, § 102.
Crafts, William and Lucy,
escape of, § 69, D 41.
Creek Indians,
escapes to, § 8;
treaty with, § 22;
restoration clause in treaty, B 11.
Creole, case of, § 24.
Crittenden,
joint resolution, C 13, C 24.
Curtis, Commissioner, § 54.
Curtis, Judge,
trial of, § 55.
Dana, R. H.,
defends Burns, § 55;
Daniel,
offered for sale, § 66.
Davis,
amendment, B 30;
bill, C 50;
substitute bill, C 57;
amendments, C 58.
Davis, Charles G.,
in Shadrach case, § 57.
Dayton amendment, B 30.
Debate,
on fugitive slave clause in the constitution, § 15;
on fugitive slave bill, § 17-§ 19;
on the slave trade, § 19;
on the fugitive slave act, § 19, § 20;
on the admission of Missouri, § 21;
on slavery in the D. C., § 28;
on the fugitive slave law of 1850, § 31, § 32.
De Bere, John,
in Shadrach case, § 57.
Delaware,
regulation of servants and slaves, A 70.
Delawares,
fugitive slave clause in treaty, B 1.
Diggs, S. T. P.,
in Anderson case, § 23.
Dismal Swamp,
refuge for fugitive, § 66.
District of Columbia,
slavery in, § 28;
repeal of jail laws in, § 97, § 98;
Grimes's bill, § 97, § 98;
debate on abolition of slavery in, § 98;
resolution on repeal of the Black Code in, C 33;
bill for emancipation in, C 42;
act on criminal justice in, C 51;
bill, C 54;
bill to repeal Black Code in, C 56;
bill for the abolition of slavery in, C 62, C 65.
Drayton, ——, Captain,
aids fugitives, § 50.
Drayton and Sayres,
case of, § 50, D 40.
Douglass, Frederick,
method of escape, § 68, § 75, D 23.
Douglas, Stephen A.,
joint resolution, C 14.
Dutch Colonies,
along the coast, § 1;
regulations on fugitives, § 2, § 4;
legislation in, § 6.
See also New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.
East Jersey,
against fugitives, § 2, A 41;
against runaways, A 45.
Eldridge, Captain, of brig Chickasaw, § 42.
Eliot, ——,
introduces confiscation bill, § 91;
bill, C 69
substitute bill, C 78.
Elton, Governor,
action in fugitive slave case, § 11.
Emancipation,
in Great Britain, § 24;
resolutions on, § 91;
in the District of Columbia, C 42;
bill, C 75;
coupled with confiscation, C 44, C 69, C 73;
of fugitives from disloyal masters, bill for, C 78.
Emancipation proclamation,
effect of, as a war measure, § 92.
Encomium, case of, § 24.
England.
See Great Britain.
English, ——,
joint resolution, C 8.
English colonies, § 1.
See Colonies.
Enterprise, case of, § 24.
Escape,
by ferries, § 4;
methods of investigation of, § 63;
methods of, § 63;
motives for, § 64;
to the woods, § 66;
to the North, § 67;
by laundry work, § 67;
by coach, § 69;
by passports, § 75;
general effect of, § 76;
from English to French, D 5.
See also Fugitives, Runaways.
Extradition,
no system of, in the colonies, § 9.
False testimony,
punished, § 82.
Faneuil Hall,
mass meetings in, § 44, § 55.
Fee,
of commissioners, § 30.
Felons,
runaway apprentices, A 4.
Felony,
when guilty of, § 82.
Ferries,
escapes by, § 4.
Fessenden, ——,
requests investigation of the District of Columbia jail, § 97, C 38.
Fitch, ——,
resolutions affirming the Compromise, B 35.
Florence, ——,
joint resolutions, C 15, C 18.
Florida,
escapes to, § 8;
Seminole trouble in, § 23.
Fortress Monroe,
contrabands at, § 88.
Free negroes,
penalty for harboring fugitives, § 4;
condition of, § 25.
Free States,
difficulty of transporting slaves across, § 36.
French colonies,
interval of unpopulated country south, § 1;
refuse to return fugitives, § 11.
Friendship, ship, case of, § 5, D 10.
Frontiers,
places of refuge, § 23.
Fugitive apprentices,
act applies to, § 18.
See also servants.
Fugitives,
evidence to convict, § 19;
status on the high seas, § 24;
penalty for harboring, § 30, A 80;
pursuit interfered with, § 41;
length of journeys, § 67;
disguised as whites, § 69;
how conducted on the underground railroad, § 72;
in loyal slave states, § 93;
typical cases of, during the war, § 94;
arrests of, by civil officers, advertisement of, § 96;
entertainment of, A 6;
against, A 11, A 12;
resolution for the discharge of, C 32;
bill to prevent return of, C 35;
resolution against the return of, C 43, C 46;
bill on the arrest of, by army and navy officers, C 48;
act to prohibit return by the army, C 58;
resolution on the return of, by the army and navy,
bill on the return of, by the army,
resolution demanding trial by jury for, C 61, C 66, C 77;
bill for the emancipation of fugitives from disloyal masters, C 78.
See also Runaways, Escapes;
see Table of Contents.
Fugitive Slaves,
appeal for, § 19;
status of question from 1823 to 1847, § 20, § 23;
resolutions on, § 95;
question discussed, § 95;
arrest by army officers, § 95;
resolutions on the return of,
resolution on army orders on, C 28, C 36;
resolution on, C 74;
sources of information on,
general histories of, E 1, E 3;
secondary sources of information on,
original sources of information on,
autobiographies of,
records of trials of,
periodicals and newspapers upon, E 3, E 5, E 6, E 7, E 11;
materials for study of legislation upon, E 12.
See also Escapes, Fugitives, Runaways, and Table of Contents.
Fugitive Slave Act, first (1793), § 16, § 17;
first called for, § 17;
necessity of the act, § 17;
passed the Senate, passed the House, § 17;
signed by the President, § 17;
text, B 9;
followed earlier examples, § 17, § 18;
status of opinion on, § 17;
remained inoperative, § 16, § 17;
to enforce the, B 29.
Fugitive Slave Act, second (1850),
attempts to secure, § 20, § 21;
secured, § 29;
introduced by Mason, § 29, B 30;
Webster proposes, B 30;
substitute offered, B 30;
passed Congress, § 29;
necessity of, urged, § 31;
arguments for, § 31;
arguments against, § 32;
provisions of, § 30;
text of, B 31;
unpopularity of, § 51;
no moral foundation, § 51;
declared unconstitutional, § 85;
non-execution of, § 85;
resolution to amend, C 45.
Fugitive Slave Acts repealed (1864),
repeal urged, § 85;
status of, § 100;
early propositions, § 101;
discussion, § 101;
repeal bill, § 101;
passed, § 103;
repeal bill discussed, § 103;
bill to amend, C 25;
repeal bills, C 49, C 76,
C 80, C 82;
repeal bill passes, § 103;
text of, § 104, C 83.
Fugitive Slave Bill of 1818,
passed the House, § 19, § 20;
title of, § 20;
failure in the Senate, § 21.
Fugitive Slave Cases.
See Table of Contents.
Fugitive Slave Clause,
in the New England Articles of Confederation, § 8;
in the Constitution, § 15-§ 16;
in the Treaty of Ghent, § 22, B 12.
Fugitive Slave Controversy,
educating effect of, recapitulation of, § 105.
Fugitive Slave Legislation,
opposed by Northern States, § 25;
inadequacy of, proved, § 26;
necessity of more stringent, § 26;
proposition for new, § 27;
must be carried out, § 49;
new element in, § 79;
in 1860, § 85;
resistance to, declared felony, § 86;
propositions to repeal or amend, § 87;
after emancipation proclamation, § 92.
Gallatin, Albert,
in Treaty of Ghent, § 22.
Gannett, case of, D 44.
Gansey, Isaac, case of, D 24.
"Gap Gang,"
aid kidnappers, § 60.
Gardiner, ——,
commissioner in Hamlet case, § 53.
Garner, Margaret,
flight and seizure, § 56.
Garner, Robert,
flight and seizure, § 56.
Garner, Simeon,
flight and seizure, § 56;
case D 58.
Garrett, Thomas,
trial and fine, reward offered for, § 74.
Gatchell case, D 61.
Georgia,
difficulty in recovery of fugitives in, § 8;
Governor of, demands fugitives from justice, § 47.
Gibson case, D 45.
Giddings
resolution, § 28, B 23, B 25,
B 27, B 28.
Glasgow,
freedom case in, § 12, D 7.
Glocester,
given jurisdiction over runaways, A 24.
Glover case, D 55.
Goin case, D 29.
Gorsuch, Edward,
claims a fugitive, § 60.
Grahame, Thomas,
in freedom case, § 12.
Grayson, ——,
on fugitive slave clause, § 15.
Great Britain,
status of fugitives in, § 12;
diplomatic relations, § 12;
encouragement of fugitives, § 22, § 23;
pays indemnity, § 24.
See also England.
Great Dismal Swamp,
refuge for runaways, § 66.
Grey, James B.,
demands a fugitive, § 44.
Grimes,
criminal justice bill, § 97;
act, C 51;
amendments, C 64, C 74.
Hale, ——,
resolution, § 95, C 41;
amendment, C 82.
Hall, ——,
resolution, § 28, B 26.
Hamlet, James, case, § 53, D 43.
Hannum, Captain,
in Ottoman case, § 45.
Hanway, Castner,
in Christiana case, § 60.
Harlan, ——,
amendment, C 51.
Harris, ——,
introduces confiscation bill, § 91;
confiscation bill, C 59, C 67, C 71;
amendment, C 64.
Hartford,
fugitive harbored in, § 11;
treaty of, ratified, A 14;
controversy with New Netherlands, D 1.
Harvard College,
Library of, E 2.
Henderson
amendment, C 82.
Hepburne, Judge,
in Kennedy case, § 43.
Higginson, T. W.,
in Burns case, § 55.
Hilliard, Mrs. G. S.,
harbors a fugitive, § 75.
Hillyer, ——,
finality resolution, B 37.
Hindman, ——,
proposition, § 86;
joint resolution, C 10.
Holmes, ——,
on the fugitive slave bill, § 20.
Howard, ——,
amendment, C 82.
Howe, ——,
repeal bill, 83, C 49.
Hubbard, ——,
on repeal bill, § 102;
resolution, C 83.
Illinois,
no full personal liberty law in, § 80.
Immigration,
into Missouri, § 21.
Impeachment,
ground for, § 81.
Imprisonment of a runaway, § 65.
Indented Servants.
See Servants.
Indiana,
personal liberty law in (1824), § 78, § 80.
Indians,
received fugitives in the wilderness, § 1;
as slaves, § 1;
as slave hunters, § 8;
conferences with, § 8;
escapes to, § 9.
See Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Delawares, Seminoles.
Intercolonial cases,
early agreements as to fugitives, § 1, § 2;
agreement between the Dutch and English, § 8;
difficulty of arranging regulations, § 8;
first contained in Articles of Confederation, § 8;
dependent upon intercolonial feeling, § 9;
case of escape of slaves, § 11.
Interferences and rescues, § 41.
International cases,
earliest, § 11;
relations unsettled, § 10;
regulations under the Articles of Confederation, § 13.
Interstate relations,
affected by Prigg decision, § 46.
Iowa,
personal liberty laws in, § 80.
Iredell,
on fugitive slave clause, § 15.
Jackson, ——,
resolution, B 36.
Jager, Cornelis Herperts de,
escape of servants of, § 7.
Jail,
in the District of Columbia,
resolution on, § 97;
denied to fugitives, § 97, B 27, 28.
See District of Columbia.
Jails,
State,
not to be used, § 44;
denied to fugitives, § 57;
denial constitutional, § 83;
use forbidden, § 82;
See also Personal Liberty Bill.
Jefferson, Thomas,
proposition, § 14.
Johnson,
joint resolution, C 12, C 27;
amendment, C 83.
Johnson Case, D 60.
Johnston,
on committee, § 17.
Jones, George, case, § 37, D 19.
Julian, George W.,
repeal bills, § 101, C 76, C 80;
resolution, C 45.
Jury trial,
not admitted, § 8;
disuse of, § 78.
Kansas,
personal liberty laws in, § 80, § 82.
Kellogg, ——,
joint resolution, C 19, C 20, C 21.
Kentucky,
resolutions, § 23;
petition of Legislature, § 27;
demands extradition of abettors of fugitives, § 48;
controversy with Ohio, D 37.
Kidnapping,
suggests new fugitive slave law, § 17;
from 1793 to 1850, § 25;
in border States, § 25;
character of cases, § 36;
enlists sympathy, § 71;
regulations against, § 99.
Kilgore,
resolution, § 87, C 11.
King, ——,
on repeal bill, § 102.