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Aaron (Bristol), 912

Abernathy, Ralph, 1223

Abington, MA, 391

Abolition, 581 , 582 , 783 , 859

in NH, 196 , 691
in VT, 780

Abolition movement, 103 , 322 , 425 , 501

in CT, 789 , 871

Abolition societies, 224

Abolition vs. colonization, 41

Abolitionism, 131 , 272 , 303 , 319 , 483 , 492 , 576 , 807

editorial attitudes, 145

Abolitionist movement, 371

attitudes towards in New England, 3

Abolitionists, 487

attitudes towards, 255
papers, 929

Account books

Canterbury, CT, 891 , 960
Colchester, CT, 919 , 1048
Farmington, CT, 1061
Hadlyme, CT, 892
Hartford, CT, 1018
Lebanon, CT, 1065
Montville, CT, 863
New Haven, CT, 954
Preston, CT, 861
Stonington, CT, 905

Achmet, Hammet, 700

Acklens, Cuff, manumission cited, 510

Adam, slave, 975

Adams, John Quincy, 610

Adele, fugitive slave, 397

Advertising cards, 843 , 844 , 845 , 846 , 847 , 848 , 849 , 850 , 851 , 852 , 853 , 854

Affirmative Action, 1183 , 1230

Africa, 38 , 242 , 333 , 515 , 528 , 532 , 533 , 534 , 535 , 653 , 665 , 668 , 836

lithograph, 1156
missionary work in, 809

African American Baptist churches, 321

African American Cultural Center, New Haven, CT, 917

African American Episcopal Zion Church, Winsted, 572

African American Methodist Church of New Haven, CT, 383

African American Temple Street Congregational Church, New Haven, CT, 1006

African Association of New Brunswick, NJ, 930

African Civilization Society, 5

African Ecclesiastical Society, 1006

African Improvement Society, 1006

African Methodist Episcopal Church, 6

African Methodist Episcopal Church, Norwich, CT, 1108

African Methodist Episcopal ministry, 551

African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 7

African Methodist Society, 252

African Mission School Society, 784

African Sabbath School, Louisville, KY, 980

Africanus, Eneas (fictional character), 283

Selah, teacher, 217

Afro-Anglo-America Program in Teacher Education, 387

Agamenticust, ME, see York, ME.

Agawam, MA, 453

Ainslee (fictional character), 628

Alabama, 826 , 827

Alabama Regiments, 3rd Black, 1028

Albany, NY, 9 , 49 , 537

Albany Medical College, 1030

Alcoholism, 575

Allegheny Co., PA, 129

Allston, 1140

Almira, 866

Ambler, Jaqueline, slave owner, 966

Ambrotypes, 1139 , 1140 , 1143

American Anti-Slavery Society, 187

American Colonization Society, 38 , 180 , 212 , 515 , 603 , 615 , 621 , 668 , 689

CT auxiliary, 202 , 219 , 220
publications, 8

American Home Missionary Society, 281

American Missionary Association, 17 , 183

American Missionary Society, 176 , 711

American Revolution, 206 , 306 , 359 , 362 , 389 , 435 , 552 , 600 , 644 , 666 , 700 , 822 , 837 , 1016 , 1058

diaries, 921
letters, 957
military service, 31 , service records, 211
service records, 548

American Tract Society, 366

response to criticisms of, 23

Amin, Idi, 1163

Amistad captives, 79 , 106 , 752 , 924 , 962 , 1006 , 1027 , 1061

Amistad case, 32 , 54 , 76 , 262 , 314 , 429 , 492 , 517 , 527 , 545 , 567 , 568 , 616 , 630 , 664 , 765 , 766 , 770 , 775 , 871

analysis, 47
constitutional issues, 91
defense, 46
defense funding, 101

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, 1223

Anderson, John, "black governor," 921

Marion, 213

Andover, MA, 44

Ansars, slave, 712

Anti-colonization, 1011

Anti-Nebraska meetings, 26

Anti-slavery, contributions, 1062

Anti-Slavery Society

Boston, MA, meetings, 1056
New York, NY, 924

Anti-Slavery Society of Fairfield County, 982

Antietam, MD, 948

Antigua, 983

Antislavery, 277

in CT, 565

Antislavery activity, 772

in New England, 840
in NY, 840

Antislavery address, 168

Antislavery law of , 639

Antislavery literature, 430

Antislavery meetings, CT, 972

New York, NY, 963

Antislavery movement, 40 , 71 , 207 , 244 , 291 , 608 , 642

in MA, 120
in NH, 413 , 524
in OH, 139
in France, 452
in Great Britain, 452
pioneers in, 982

Antislavery organizations, 792

Antislavery sentiments, 394 , 780

in MA, 104

Antislavery societies, in CT, 27

Antislavery Society in Windham, 524

Antislavery thought, examination of, 128

Antislavery verse, 499

Apartheid, 1162

Apy, Candace, freed slave, 895

Army of the Potomac, First Brigade, 985

Arson and explosions, CT, 972 , 982

Ashley, Colonel John, slave owner, 671

Ashmun, Jehudi, biography, 39

Askew, Reuben, Democratic candidate, 1169

Athanson, [?], 1242

Atherton Gag Law, 982

Atlas, 402 , 836

Attuck, Crispus, death and funeral of, 100

"Aunt Kizzie," 1130

Avery Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT, programs, 701

Avon, CT, 483

Bacchus, slave, 475

Backus Hotel, Norwich, CT, 1077

Bacon, Francis, surgeon, 944

Leonard, biography, 41
Nathaniel, 588

Bad Accident bank, 410 , 411

Bahamas, 409

Bailey, Eli, indentured servant, 987

Ballads, 683

Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People, 941

Baltimore, James, biography, 123

Banks, William, slave, 344

Baptist churches, 321

Barbary Coast, 569

Barkhamsted, CT, 55 , 461

Barnard, Joseph, slave owner, 475

Barnes, Ceasar (Ceaser), 389

Barrington, RI, 77

Base Ball bank, 411

Baseball bank,

Baseball, 279 , 356 , 411

Basketball, 414

Batterson, Lucien, 1061

Battle, William, slave owner, 1040

Beaufort, SC, 878 , 1017

Bedford Co., PA, 129

Bedford, NH, 69

Beecher, Henry Ward, 963

views of, 330

Beecher family, 79 , 97 , 102 , 330 , 642

Belknap, Rev. Dr. Jeremy, 413

Beman, Rev. Amos, biography, 124

Amos Gerry, biography, 792
Leverett Caster, vital records, 870
Mary Ann Prime, vital records, 870

Beman family, 324

vital records, 870

Ben, slave, 497

Benezet, Anthony, 867

Benson, Stephen Allen, president of Liberia, biography, 703

Bentson, Lloyd, U.S. vice presidential candidate, 1175

Bermuda, 782

Bess, freed slave, 1046

Bethlem, CT, see Woodbury, CT.

Bibliographies, 88 , 110 , 135 , 277 , 838 , 839

CT history, 200

Bigelow, Karl, 388

Margaret, 388

Billings, Sarah A., 519

Bills of sale, 475 , 1005 , 1021 , 879 , 966

Birmingham, CT, 33

Birth records, NY, 189

Birthday card, 858

Bissel, Ruth, slave owner, 1040

Black Ecumenical Commission, 156

"Black flag," 928

Black Genesis Foundation, 291

"Black governor" (tradition)

in RI, 197

Black Harry, preacher, 655

Black Jenny, slave, 478

"Black Law," CT, 986

Black regiments, 623

see also, Connecticut Regiments, 29th Infantry and 30th Infantry.

Black Tom, freeholder, 795

Black Women of Connecticut Day, 365

Blackstone, Jack, free man, 575

Bliss, Daniel, 352

Bloomfield, CT, 832

high school, 1167
sociological changes, 451

Bobby (fictional character), 440

Boers, 188

Borges, [?], 1160

Boston, slave, 443

slave?, 956

Boston, Joshua, slave, 786

Boston, MA, 176 , 185 , 260 , 456 , 931 , 1056

Boston and Waterbury Clothing Company, Waterbury, CT, advertising card, 849

Boston family, genealogy, 92

Boston Massacre, 100 , 442

Botha, P. W., 1162 , 1198

Boxing,

Bow, NH, 131

Bowman, Cain, freed slave, 795

Boycott, use of, 1026

Boyd, "Oil Can," baseball player, 356

Braintree, VT, 63

Branding, 408

Branford, CT, 1043

Brawley, Tawana, 1179

Brewster, Elisha, slave owner, 879

Bridgeport, CT, 570 , 785

Bridges, Rev. Ebenezer, 798

Brisbane, William H., slave owner, 111

Bristol see Aaron.

Bristol, CT, 118 , 190

racial tensions in, 190
ME, see York, ME

Bristol Red Sox (baseball team), 356

Bristow, freed slave, 950

British West Indies, 721

emancipation in, 168 , 581 , 739

Broadsides, 33 , 50 , 205 , 253 , 255 , 314- 316 , 325 , 365 , 369 , 407 , 408 , 508 , 561 , 620 , 796 , 814 , 818

Broadway Congregational Church, Norwich, CT, 355

Bronk, Thomas, former slave, 474

Brookline, CT, 243

Brooklyn, CT, 902

Brooks, Jonah, vital records, 1052

Broteer, see Smith, Venture.

Brown, Abigail, slave owner, 126

attitudes towards, 33
homestead, Torrington, CT, 1135
Marshall, 1093
Mrs. Marshall, 1093
Mary Ann, laundress, 892

Bryan Co., GA, 1064

Bryne, Jane, Chicago mayor, 1245

Buchanan, Mr., 889

Buckingham, William A., governor of CT, biography, 130

Buffalo, NY, 476

Bulkeley, Charles E., daguerreotype, 1149

Eliphalet A., daguerreotype, 1148
Lydia Morgan, daguerreotype, 1147
Thankful, vital records, 1052

Burdette-Coutts Society, 49

Burleigh, William Henry, 1001

Burney, Fanny, 393

Burns, Anthony, fugitive slave, 185 , 931

Burr, James E., biography, 450

Burrillville, RI, 436

Bush, George Herbert Walker, U.S. President, 1166 , 1174

Bushnell, Rev. Horace, 328

Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT, 1075

Butler, Albert M., 1093

Byfield, MA, 276 , 295

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Cabbage Tree Plantation, St. Paul's Parish, Antigua, 983

Cabin bank, 410 , 411

Cable, Fred, 107

Caesar, freed slave, 97 , 126

fugitive slave, 121 , 122
fugitive, 508
slave, 906
see also Ceasar, Cesar.

Calhoun, John Caldwell, 35 , 266 , 978

California, 146 , 631

Camp Stevens, Thibodaux, LA, 873 , 874

Campaign documents, 109 , 133 , 315 , 618 , 619 , 1856 presidential campaign, 746

Campaign speeches, 613

Canaan, NH, 788

Candia, NH, 520

Candy, "witch," 404

Candy Sam, 1139 , 1140

Canterbury, CT, 51 , 144 , 187 , 320 , 444 , 455 , 501 , 744 , 806 , 864 , 865 , 866 , 901 , 902 , 1001 , 1056

account books, 891 , 960

Canterbury Law, 929

Canton, CT, see West Simsbury, CT.

Canton, MA, 403

Cape Colony, Africa, 836

Cara, [?], 1211

Carder, John, slave owner, 995

Carrington, Alex, 1098

Alexander Harrison, 1097 , 1106 , 1107

Carrington family, 1094 , 1105

Carter, Edward, 258

Cass, General Lewis, 889 , 1050

Catalogues, 62 , 410 , 411

Cate, slave, 923

Cathron, slave, 478

Cato, 352

slave, 975

CBS Sports, 1173

Ceasar, slave, 443

see also Caesar, Cesar.

Census records, Torrington, CT, 1040

Center (Centre) Church, Hartford, CT, 23

New Haven, CT, 39 , 665

Central Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, NY, 476

Centre Church, see Center Church.

Cephas, 1065

Cesar, 1065

see also Caesar, Ceasar.

Champion, Henry, Colchester, CT, selectman, 895

Chapin's Farm, VA, 904

Charleston, SC, 60 , 358 , 392 , 1063

Chatham, CT, census (1774), 894

Chelmsford, MA, 798

Cheshire, CT, 179

Chester, London, freed slave, biography, 123

Chicago Cubs (baseball team), 356

Chichester, David, explosion in home, 982

Children, 1129 , 1130 , 1132

redeemed slave, 1138

Christ Church, Hartford, CT, 784 , 819

Wethersfield and New Britain, CT, 661

Christian view of slavery, 25 , 27

Christian views of prejudice, 341

Christie (fictional character), 10

Christie's Minstrels, 561

[Chum?], Irene E, 1093

Chung, Yunkil, boxer, 1244

Church Anti-Slavery Society, 184

Church building, 1108

Church group, 1109

Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, PA, 761

Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, NY, 711

Church of the Savior, Brooklyn, NY, 608

Cincinnati, OH, 111

Cinque, Amistad captive, 924 , 962 , 1006

engraving and mezzotint portrait, 1158 , 217
portrait, 217

Civil rights, 16 , 1195

bibliographies, 135

Civil War, 35 , 37 , 127 , 130 , 147 , 235 , 448 , 473 , 521 , 540 , 555 , 609 , 625 , 674 , 675 , 688 , 702 , 753 , 829 , 883

catalogue, 62
draft evasion, 959
journals, 1046
papers, 868
reminiscences, 1028
service records, 209 , 210

Clarke, Lt. William, 754

Clay, Henry, 802 , 1038

biography, 204 , 603

Clifton Springs, NY, 140

Clute, Garret, slave owner, 497

Coe, Benjamin, slave owner, 31

Coffin, 863

Cohoes, NY, 497

Coit, Stephen, 902

Coits Mountain, NH, 820

Colchester, CT, account books, 919 , 1048

emancipations, 895
health certificate, 895
vital records, 1048

Colebrook, CT, 257 , 487

Coleman, Deacon Benjamin, 276

"College Sweeps" (nickname), 1140

Collins, John, 952

Colonization, 2 , 108 , 112- 117 , 158 , 202 , 203 , 250 , 303 , 341 , 367 , 515 , 578 , 621 , 665 , 668 , 724 , 748 , 751 , 783 , 819 , 867 , 918 , 926

attitudes towards, 56 , 89

Colonization Society of Kentucky, 108

Colonization vs. abolition, 41

Colts (football team), 1176

Combo, slave, 983

Comfort (fictional character), 313

Communism, 205

Compromise of

see Missouri Compromise.

Comstock, Onesemus, slave, 445

Concklin, Benjamin, slave owner, 896

Concord, NH, 207

Congo (fictional character?), 299

Congo, The, 837

Congregational Church, records, 43 , African American congregations, 223

Byfield, MA, 276
Canterbury, CT, records, 157
Meriden, CT, 336
Suffield, CT, 727
Warren, 244
Windham, CT, 831

Congressional speeches, in the House, 132 , 133 , 146 , 254 , 263 , 331 , 630 , 631

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Connecticut, 79 , 398 , 419 , 522 , 585 , 697 , 808

census (1762), 900
economy, 486
General Assembly, memorials to, 875
petition to, 953 , 999
Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, 213
place names, 400
probate records, 490
society, 486
survey of towns, 898

Connecticut Afro-American Historical Society, 646

Connecticut Baptist Anti-Slavery Commission, 214

Connecticut Colonization Society, 158

motives and beliefs, 988

Connecticut National Guard, 647

Connecticut Regiments, 1st Infantry, Co. A, 932

2nd Volunteer Infantry, 911
6th Volunteer Infantry, Co. F, 1017
7th Infantry, Co. C, 993
Co. F, 862
8th Regiment, Co. D, 958
9th Volunteer Infantry, 540
11th Infantry, Co. H, 948 , 1013
12th Infantry, Co. C, 873 , 874
13th Infantry, 868 , 688
Co. I, 1033
14th Infantry, 961
15th Infantry, 877 , 878
16th Infantry, 893
Co. A, 970
Co. F, 928
18th Infantry, 996
20th Infantry, 946
22nd Infantry, Co. E, 934
23rd Volunteer Infantry, Co. K, 609
29th Infantry (colored), 235 , 209 , 210 , 551 , 878 , 880 , 883 , 884
Co. H, 904
Co. I, 882
30th Infantry (colored), 209 , 210 , 235 , 996
31st Colored Infantry, 947

Connecticut Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 582

Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, 218 , 245 , 284 , 310 , 912

and the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage, 731

Connecticut State Commission on Civil Rights, publications, 216

Connecticut State Convention of Colored Men, 221

Connecticut State Inter-racial Commission, publications, 216

Connecticut State Temperance and Moral Reform Society of Colored Americans, 222

Constitutional Union Party (political), 618

Contrabands, 473 , 877 , 944 , 961 , 985 , 994 , 1013

Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies in the United States, 1066

Conventions of Delegates from the Abolition Societies, 224

Cooper Union Speech, analysis, 57

Cooperstown, NY, 474

Cornish, Chloe Holcomb, 1141

Cornwall, CT, 329 , 696

Coventry, CT, statistics, 261

Cowles, E., 890

Crandall, Almira, 960

Hezekiah, 960
marriage, 1001
trial of, 504 , 591

Cranston, [?], U.S. senator, 1169

Crittenden Compromise, 132

Crocke, "Major" Jeremiah, 192

Cromwell, CT, manufacturing in, , , , , ,

Crosby, Hannah, 991

Cubans, 1241

Cudjo, slave, military service in American Revolution, 31

Cuff, slave, 191 , 349

Cuffe, Paul, biography, 240

Cuffee, Capt. Paul, 627

Curfews, 362

violation of, 1035
in CT, breaking of, 975

Curtiss, Joshiah, slave owner, 1035

Czar Baking Powder, advertising card, 847

D'Wolf, James, 396 , 741

D'Wolf family, 395

Daguerreotypes, 1141 , 1142 , 1145- 1149

case (empty), 1144

Danbury, CT, 259

Danforth family, 232

Daniel Hand Educational Fund for Colored People, 183 , 246

Danielson, CT, 335

Danvers, MA, 732

Darby, Abel, manumission records, 825

"Dark Town Battery" (toy bank),

David House, The, Waterbury, CT, advertising card, 853

Davis, Jefferson, 35

De Wolfe, James, slave trader, 1010

Dean, Kate, slave, 163

Deep River, CT, 1076

Deercliff Manor Estate, West Hartford,

Deerfield, MA, 660

Del-Hoff [restuarant], Norwich, CT, 1095

Delaware, 558 , 559

Democratic Party, in NH, 196

Depression (U.S.), 733

Desegregation, 1210

Dialects, 447

Dicey, slave, 966

Dick, slave, 983

Discrimination, 1026 , 1181

reverse, 977
in CT, 899

District of Columbia, 480

Disunion Convention, Worcester, MA, 1054

Divorces, 1042

Dixon, James, 979

Dole, Robert, U.S. Senator, 1166

Dolls, 1090-

Domestic service, in MA, 457

Douglas, Stephen A., 26 , 155 , 619 , 946 , 1046

slave owner, 906

Douglass, Frederick, 924 , 963

biography, 269 , 270
photograph, 1137
Margaret, 307

Downing, George T., 907

Doyle, Francis, estate, 908

Draft riots, NY, 1037

Dred (fictional character), 715

Dred Scott case, 57 , 266 , 710

Drum, African, 1102

Dugan, Thomas, 352

Dukakis, Michael, U.S. presidential candidate, 1174 , 1175 , 1185

Duke, 543

Duncan, Lurana (Rena), town charge, 756

Duplex, Prince, 107

Durham, CT, 1059

Dutch West Indies Company, 778

Dutchess Co., NY, 482

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East Brookfield, MA, 640

East Granby, CT, 690

East Haddam, CT, 709

manufacturing in,

East Hartford, CT, 332 , 977

East Haven, CT, 987

Easton, James, 446

Easton, MA, 163

Easton family, genealogy, 446

Eaton, Rev. Jacob, 884

Economic conditions, during Reconstruction, 256

in , 1229
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Education, 101 , 218 , 250 , 307 , 373 , 387 , 455 , 501 , 502 , 504 , 521 , 748 , 835 , 867 , 924 , 958 , 1188 , 1189

American Missionary Association, 17 , 183
curriculum guide, 265
inner-city, 1214
lesson plan, 965
religious, 689 , 930
textbooks, 149- 154 , 242
vocational, 463 , 885
in KY, 980
in MD, 1004
in NH, 788
in PA, 112- 117
in TN, 942

Edwards, Rev. Timothy, slave owner, 712

Egypt, 791

1850 Compromise see Missouri Compromise.

Eldridge, Elleanor, biography, 285- 287

Rev. Schuyler T., 1018

Eliot, Samuel, 618

Eliza (fictional character), 719

illustrated, 718

Ellery, Captain William, 121 , 122

Ellington, CT, 193

Ellsworth, Oliver, slave owner, 914

Elm Street Colored School, 1011

Elsie, slave, 813

Emancipation, 40 , 101 , 111 , 721 , 783 , 784 , 815 , 959 , 1021

calls for, 56 , compensated, 137 , 888 , 939
effects of, 753
gradual, 108 , 724 , 748
in British West Indies, 168 , 581 , 739

Employment, 1095 , 1131

Encyclopedias, 159

Enfield, CT, 14 , 164 , 1022

Equality, Pomp, 332

Ethiopia, 1197 , 1247

Eulogies, 608

Eva (fictional character), 719

illustrated, 718 , 1154 , 1155

Evans, Zora, 1134

Everett, Edward, 618

Executions, 274 , 431 , 536 , 754

in SC, 1014

Exhibition catalogues, 430

Exhibits, "Achievement Against the Odds," 872

Fagin, vital records, 1052

Fair Haven, CT, 882

Fairweather, Sarah Harris, 1056

Falmouth, MA, 943

Falwell, Jerry, 1198

Farmington, CT, 76 , 106 , 265 , 871 , 883 , 965 , 1027

account books, 1061

Farmington Academy, 1008

Farrakhan, Louis, 1184

Farrow, Ruth, 297

Faustin, Emperor of Haiti, 650

Fayerwether, Parson, slave owner, 837

Fayerwether family, 835

Fayette Co., PA, 129

Fines, 953

in CT, 975

Finnemore, Caesar Augustus, 795

First Baptist Society, Georgetown, CT, explosion in meeting house, 982

First Church, Roxbury, MA, 743

First Congregational Church, Canterbury, CT, 187

First Congregational Church, Meriden, CT, 736

Fitchburg, MA, 448

Fletcher, Simon, biography, 123

Flora, 465

slave, 936

Florida, 334 , 381 , 634 , 862

Foone, Amistad captive, 1061

Foot, Rev. John, slave owner, 67

Football, 1176

Forrest's Cavalry, 1028

Fort Henry, NY, 1072

Forsyth County, GA, 1161

Fourth Congregational Church, Hartford, 366

Fourth Congregational Church, Norwich, CT, 694

Framingham, MA, 735

Franklin Co., NY, 654

Frederick, MD, 702 , 1106

Fredericksburg, VA, 985 , 1013

Free Soil Party (political), 315 , 1049

meetings, 967

Freedman'a Bureau, 316

records, 839

Freedman's Bureau Bill, 915

Freedom, Mrs. Bilah, photograph, 232

Freedom family, 232

Freeman, early settler of Braintree, VT, 63

Freeman, Brister, 352

Elizabeth ("Mum Bett"), former slave, 671
Elizabeth, fugitive slave, 428
Gordon, biography, 124
Jude, 1040
freed slave, 895
Susan Elizabeth, army nurse, biography, 124

Freeman family, 14

French and Indian War, 1072

Fryeburg, ME, 61

Fugitive Slave acts, 929

Fugitive Slave Bill, 477

Bill/Act, 729

Fugitive Slave Law (1714), 436

attitudes towards, 254
opposition to, 466

Fugitive slave laws, 327

Fugitive slaves, 350 , 351 , 624 , 781 , 804 , 931

public opinion for, 967

Fugitive slaves, in CT, 243 , 253

in MA, 423
in MA, 428
in NH, 992

Furness, William Henry, 963

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Gaitor, Woodrow Wilson, Hartford city manager, 1165 , 1182 , 1199 , 1237 , 1249 , 1250

Gale, Dr., 935

Gambia, Africa, 357

Gang violence, 1217

Garrick, coffin for, 863

Garrison, William Lloyd, 40 , 621 , 885 , 902 , 963 , 1060

biography, 322 , 425
eulogy, 608
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Gatta, Al, 1160 , 1211

Gazetteers, 377 , 533- 535 , 653

Genealogies, 92 , 446 , 636

Genealogy, 21 , 292 , 293 , 385 , 470 , 635 , 652 , 686 , 769 , 812 , 839

sources, 68 , 160 , 264

General Motors, 1216

Geographies, 149- 154 , 241 , 242 , 333 , 527- 532

Geography, 782

George, slave, 182

Georgetown, CT, explosion in meeting house of First Baptist Society, 982

Georgia, 393 , 397 , 511 , 908

Georgie (fictional character), 1

Giger family, genealogy, 92

Gilsum, NH, 378

Gilsum [NH] Anti-Slavery Society, 378

Glastonbury, CT, 510 , 936 , 937 , 1049

Glenn, John, U.S. senator, 1169 , 1193 , 1219

Goddard, Robert, deposition, 100

Gold, Rev. Hezekiah, slave owner, 1035

Goodman, Robert, U.S. Navy flyer, 1170

Goomer, Eleanor, vital records, 1052

Gorbachev, Mikail, 1194

Gorgeana, ME, see York, ME.

Goshen, CT, 382 , 935

Gouldtown, NJ, 704

Governor's Foot Guard, locked in the armory, 1029

Grace, slave, 443 , 1066

Grant, Dr., 963

Jehu, Revolutionary War service, 649

Granville, OH, 139

Great Barrington, MA, 1113

Greenfield, MA, 388

Greenleaf, Richard, slave owner, 672

Greens Farms, CT, 420

Greenwich, CT, 933

Grimes, William, biogography, 96 , 350 , 351

Griswold, CT, 592 , 904

Groton, CT, 695

Guilford, CT, 987

Guinea, 706 , 939 , 1032

Hadley, MA, 431 , 786

Hadlyme, CT, account books, 892

Hagar, slave, 163

Hagerstown, MD, 932

Haiti, 531 , 650 , 651 , 1190 , 1191

Haitian Revolution, 528

Haitians, attitudes towards, 34

Hale, Daniel, slave owner, 937

Frary, slave owner, 937
Isaac, slave owner, 936
Timothy, slave owner, 936 , 937

Hall, David, 1134

Hallam, Adam, 905

Juno, 905
Susan, 905

Hammon, Jupiter, 360 , 361

Hammond, Miss, 903

Eliza Ann, student, 50
James Henry, 1063

Hampden Co., MA, 160

Hampshire Co., MA, 423

Hampton, CT, 56

Hampton Falls, NH, 126

Hand, Daniel, biography, 183 , 246

Hannah, slave, 349

Hannibal, slave, 465

Hannibal, Joseph George, 1139 , 1140

Hanover, MA, statistics, 280

Harper's Ferry, WV, 125 , 274 , 932

Harrington, Alex, 1095

Harris, Sarah, student, 835

Harry, slave, 478

Hart, Gary, U.S. representative, 1166 , 1169 , 1180 , 1193

Hartford, CT, 23 , 141- 143 , 328 , 337- 340 , 365 , 366 , 422 , 511 , 577 , 585 , 701 , 722 , 758 , 763 , 784 , 787 , 796 , 801 , 819 , 879 , 880 , 896 , 917 , 920 , 934 , 938 , 950 , 1034 , 1073 , 1074 , 1075 , 1111 , 1122 , 1123 , 1137 , 1138 , 1141- 1149 , 1167

account books, 1018
census, 215
Civic Center Coliseum, 1244
directories, 323
police, 1165
riot in, 1029
sociological changes, 451
vital records, 876 , 913

Hartford Auxiliary Colonization Society, 367 , 368

Hartford Freedmen's Aid Society, 1004

Hartford Freedmen's Aid Society, branch of New York National Freedmen's Relief Association, 941

Hartwell, Jesse, freeman, 69

Harvard, MA, 556

Haskel, John, 192

Hastenelven family, genealogy, 92

Hatch, Patience, slave owner, 943

Silvanus, slave owner, 943

Hatfield, MA, 494

Haverhill, MA, 170

Hawley, Nero, biography, 124

Nero, freed slave, biography, 65

Haynes, Rev. Lemuel, 781

biography, 42 , 225 , 550 , 740

"Haytians" see Haitians.

Hayward, Anthony, slave, 163

Hazard, Thomas, 772

Hazard family, genealogy, 92

Heber, slave, 163

Hebron, CT, 325

Hempstead, Joshua, diary, 380

Hendrick, Ceasar, former slave, 672

Henesey family, genealogy, 92

Henniker, NH, 192

Henry, John (fictional character), 437

Higgins, Mr., lecturer, 958

Hills Point, NC, 877

Hillside Cemetary, Farmington, CT, 883

Hilton Head, SC, 993 , 1070

Hingham, MA, 386 , 698

History, views of, 1007

Holbrook and Taylor, Danbury, CT, advertising card, 848

Hollings, [?], Democratic candidate, 1169

Hooker, Thomas Hart, 950

William, slave owner, 951

Hopkins, Samuel, 706

Hopkinton, NH, 475

Horton, James, slave owner, 182

Hottentots, 242

Hull, Agrippa, freeman, 428

Hunt, Caesar, manumission record, 418

Huntingdon, Countess of, 1053

Huntington, Jabez, slave owner, 956

Jedediah, slave owner, 956 , 957 , 1068
William H., 958

Hutchinson family, singers, 963

Hymn-poems, 559

Hymns, 405 , 409

"I Have A Dream" (educational program), Wish School, Hartford, CT, 917

I   J

Illinios, senatorial campaign (1858), 155

Illinois Regiments, 12th Cavalry, 1045

Indentures, 1021

Indiana Regiments, 2nd Cavalry, 973

Insurance, of slaves, 169

International Conference on the Negro, 1047

Iowa, 624

Ipswich, MA, 797

Isaac, 1065

J. & E. Stephens Co., Cromwell, CT, 410 , 411

J. B. Coggins Manufacturing Company, 1131

Jack, slave, 343 , 388 , 431 , 754 , 983

Jack, John, freed man, 352

Jacklin family, 445

Jackson, Jr., 1140

Jackson, Andrew, slave owner, 109

Michael, 1206

Jacksonian Democracy, 196

Jacob, Judge Stephen, slave owner, 781

James, slave, 475

Jane (fictional character), 626

Jeffrey, slave, 1046

Jenkins, Ferguson, baseball player, 356

Jenny, slave, 343 , 1046

Jeremiah, 919

Jerome, William, 118

William, slave owner, 580

Jesse, slave, 478

Jews, 1168 , 1194

Jim, 861

Jimmy, slave, 1046

Jimmy the Greek, 1173

Job, slave, 580

bill of sale (facs.), 118

Job training programs, 1243

Jocelyn, Nathaniel, 962

painting by, 1158
Simeon, 962
Simeon Smith, 1006

Jocelyn family, 924 , 964 , 1006

John, 249

fugitive slave, 139

Johnson, Andrew, president of U.S., 915

Hepsey (fictional character), 10
Jane, freed slave, 895
John B., slave owner, 966

Jolly Nigger bank, 410 , 411 ,

Jone, slave, 933

Jones, John, slave owner, 475

Sam ("Baker"), former slave, 523
Samuel, slave owner, 886

Journals, of missionaries, 166 , 167

Jude, indenture, 1068

Juno (fictional character), 1

Juries, 1213 , 1218

Juvenile literature, 1 , 10 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 18 , 29 , 34 , 52 , 53 , 58- 60 , 78 , 94 , 95 , 104 , 177 , 180- 182 , 194 , 195 , 247- 249 , 294 , 296 , 298 , 299 , 313 , 324 , 334 , 345 , 348 , 354 , 372 , 392 , 397 , 414 , 424 , 432 , 433 , 437 , 438 , 440 , 441 , 460 , 467 , 468 , 512 , 518 , 539 , 557 , 563 , 564 , 574 , 589 , 590 , 600 , 626 , 628 , 650 , 651 , 656 , 663 , 670 , 685 , 726 , 733 , 842

K   L

Kansas, 82 , 74 , 267 , 268 , 311 , 312 , 331 , 369 , 613 , 624 , 658 , 659 , 728 , 761 , 794

immigrants, 448

Kansas-Nebraska Act, attitudes towards, 254

Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 331 , 749 , 750 , 757 , 1041

Kansas-Nebraska territory, 26

Kate, manumission record, quoted, 179

Kent Co., RI, 197

Kentucky, 372 , 692 , 726

Kicking Mule bank, 410 , 411

Kidnapping, 384 , 748 , 912

Kilborn, Freeman, slave owner, 896

Kinderhook, NY, statistics, 201

King, Rev. Martin Luther, Jr., 1223

Kingston, RI, 995

Kirkley-Bey, [?], 1211

Klondike, 737

Kock, Ed, New York City mayor, 1204

Ku Klux Klan, 1161 , 1203 , 1246

L'Overture, Toussaint, 528

Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society of Cincinnati, 111

Lamont, Captain Samuel, 601

Lanson, William, 545

Latham, Albert, 996

Lawler, [?], 1242

Lawrence, Fannie Virginia Casseopia, redeemed slave child, 1138

Lawson, Raymond Augustus, musician, 974

Walter, musician, 974

Lebanon, CT, 975

account books, 1065
census (1774), 976

Lecompton Constitution, 82 , 268 , 312

Legree, Simon (fictional character), 719

Leicester, MA, 795

Lenox, MA, 168

Leonard, Mrs. Thankfull, death of, 818

Lew, Primus, slave, 344

Lewis, Samuel, 963

Lews family, 191

Libby Prison, escapes, 127

Liberator, subscribers, 926

Liberia, 2 , 39 , 158 , 203 , 238 , 239 , 296 , 424 , 668 , 689 , 703 , 726 , 751 , 988

Liberty Co., GA, 693

Limbo, slave, 61

Lincoln, Abraham, 155 , 946 , 1224 , 1223

Litchfield, CT, 97 , 350 , 351 , 505 , 821

Little Amos (fictional character), 181

Littleton, NH, 413

Livingston, 1140

Livius, Peter, 543

Locke, David Ross (Petroleum V. Nasby), 945

London, Edon, freedman, 494

London, England, 136 , 138

Long Island, NY, 637

Lord, Richard, slave owner, 983

Louisiana, 733 , 868

Louisiana Regiments, 2nd, 589

Louisville, KY, 980

Lovejoy, Owen, 275

Lowell, MA, 191 , 291

Ludgin, [?], 1242

Luc, slave, 579

Luca family, 998

Lucas, John, 983

Lucy, slave, 879

Luke, slave, 579

Lusk, Sylvester, 1022

Luzerne Co., PA, 450

Lymus, Elias, 905

Lynn, MA, 465 , 466

Lynnfield, MA, see Lynn, MA.

Lyrics, 409

Lyron, Lewis, slave owner, 1046

M   N

MacSparran, Dr., slave owner, 837

Maddox, [?], 1179

Madison, CT, 1017

Magdalen, Sister St. Mary, 781

Maine, 371

probate actions, 645

Major, slave, 908

Manchester, VT, 375

Mandingo language, vocabulary, 573

Manhattan, New York City, NY, 777

Manners and customs, in the South, 93

Mansfield, CT, 489

Manumission records, in CT, 695

in MA, 418
in NY, 637

Manumissions, 974

in CT, 97 , 950 ,

Manus, Simon, 883

Maps, Africa, 402 , 667

Mark, slave, 896

Marlborough, NY, 833

Marriage, certificate of, 1134

Mars, Deacon, 934

Deacon James, photograph, 232
James, biography, 96 , 491 , 616

Mars family, 232 , 257

Marshall, Rev. Henry G., 878

John, slave owner, 966
Samuel, 1052

Martin, Sue, medical treatment, 955

Maryland, 558 , 559 , 683 , 882

Maryland Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 582

Mason, [?], 1179

Dinah, former slave, 781

Massa Charles (fictional character), 60

Massachusetts, 105 , 364 , 496

law, 459

Massachusetts Regiments, Old 6th, 147 , 54th Volunteers, 147

Mathews, [?], 1211

Mattis, Dinah, certificate of emacipation (transcript), 234

Maxwell land grand, NM, 439

May, Rev. Samuel, 903

Samuel Joseph, biography, 500 , 501

McBride, [?], 1211

McGovern, George, politician, 1169 , 1193

Medford, MA, 121 , 122

Medway, MA, 418

Meese, Edwin, United States Attorney General, 1238

Melendez, [?], 1160

Memorials to Congress, 582

Mendi Africans, 492 , 630

Meriden, CT, 27 , 251 , 326 , 336 , 736 , 1131 , 1132

"Meriden Riot," 251 , 789

Merrick, Dr. Samuel F., slave owner, 579

Merrimack, NH, 389

Merriman, Hagar, freed slave, 449

Merritt, Jotham, slave owner, 933

Merry's Museum (periodical), 842

Methodist Conferences, membership by race, 513

Mexican War, 631

Middleboro, MA, 813

Middlebury, CT, see Woodbury, CT.

Middlesex Co., CT, 370

Middletown, CT, 324 , 700 , 951 , 1034 , 1126

vital records, 870

Middletown Colonization Society, 303

Midway Congregational Church, Liberty Co., GA, 693

Mifflin, Warner, 867

Migration, 479

Milford, NH, 611

Miller, Tobert, mulatto carpenter, 126

Mills, Rev. Samuel John, 689

eulogy for, 930

Milly (fictional character), 715

Milner, Thirman L., Hartford mayor, 1159 , 1186 , 1207 , 1208 , 1221 , 1232 , 1242

Miner, Myrtilla, 307

Mingo, slave, 983

Minstrel shows, 335 , 561

Minstrels, 325

Mintus, 495

Miscegenation, 391 , 641 , 1042

Miss America, 1177

Missionaries, 706

in Liberia, 238
to Guinea, 1032
to South Arica, 166 , 167

Missionary activities, in the South, 521

Missionary work, Africa, 809

Mississippi, 733

constitution, 516

Missouri, 742

Missouri Compromise, 204 , 331 , 593 , 603 , 710 , 724 , 750

Mitchell family, genealogy, 92

Mondale, Walter, U.S. vice president, 1169 , 1180 , 1193 , 1209 , 1219

Monday, Prince, slave, 592

Monroe, Earl, 414

Montes (Montez), [Se¤or] of La Amistad, 766

plaintiff, 262

Montville, CT, account books, 863

Morgan, William, Colchester, CT, selectman, 895

Morgan Street Church, Hartford, CT, 934

Morris, Amos, 987

Jonathan Flynt, 941

Mosley, Rev. Samuel, slave owner, 349

Mountain, Joseph, biography, 536

>"Mum Bett" see Freeman, Elizabeth.

Murders, 823

Murray, [?], candidate, 1242

Music, rap, 1214

Nahant, MA, see Lynn, MA.

Nalle, Charles, fugitive slave, 804

Names, derivations, 84

Nancy, freed slave, 207

Napier, Elias Watkins, manumission, 974

James Carroll, manumission, 974
Jane, manumission, 974

Nasby, Petroleum V. see Locke, David Ross.

Nassau, 409

Nat Turner slave rebellion, 298

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1224

National Guard, Wilkins Guard, 32

National Popular Education Board, 920 , 980

National Public Education Board, 942 , 1012

Natt, 990

Nebraska, 331 , 677

Nebraska bill, 745 , 1050

Needlework, ,

"Negro Plot" of , 681 , 777

"Negro Plots," in NY, 290

"Negro quarter," 463

"Negroland," 534

Nellie (fictional character), 313

Nelly, contraband laundress, 961

Nero, slave, 886

New Bern, CT, 948

New Britain, CT, 661

New Brunswick, NJ, 930

New Canaan, CT, 445

New England, 594

New England Anti-Slavery Society, 927

New England Tract Society, publications, 602

New Hampshire, 691 , 774

New Hampshire Supreme Court, 992

New Haven, CT, 32 , 38 , 39 , 41 , 245 , 284 , 351 , 383 , 464 , 485 , 517 , 544 , 545 , 567 , 617 , 646 , 664 , 665 , 705 , 792 , 882 , 906 , 917 , 924 , 947 , 998 , 1093 , 1139 , 1127 , 1128 , 1140

account books, 954
anti-poverty program, 538
ghetto community in, 48
politics, 427
social history, 793

New Ipswich, NH, 443

New Jersey, 598

New London, CT, 359 , 380 , 546 , 922 , 1124

New London Co., CT, 370

New Mexico, 439 , 631

New Milford, CT, 759

New North Church, Hingham, MA, 386

New Orleans, LA, 688 , 994

New Paltz, NY, 462

New York (state), 2 , 305 , 318 , 681 , 864

New York, NY, 30 , 778 , 924 , 1022 , 1098 , 1102 , 1136

draft riots 1037

New York National Freedmen's Relief Association, 941

New York Regiments, 5th Cavalry, 932

New York Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 582

Newark, NJ, 31

Newburgh, NY, ghetto in, 977

Newburyport, MA, 672

Newgate Prison, Granby, CT, 1152

Newington, CT, 64

Newport, slave, 478 , 975

Newport, NH, 820

Newspaper clippings, 917

Newton, MA, 412

probate records, 676

Nigeria, 1215

"Nigger Dress,"

>"Nigger Head" (cap gun),

Nobel Peace Prize, 1235

Noles, Juba, slave, 910

Norfolk, CT, 232

Norfolk Co., VA, 506 , 507

North, Oliver, trial of, 1213 ,