Part 25

Southampton County, servile insurrection in, 45.

Stanton, Edwin M., his opinion as to lack of settled policy in Federal administration, March, 1861, 273.

State Sovereignty, the theory of, 285.

Stephens, Alexander H., his estimate of the significance of the Relief Squadron's expedition to Fort Sumter, 277.

Stiles, Robert, his estimate of the number of slaveholders among the members of Richmond Howitzers, 154.

Stuart, Alexander H. H., a leader of the Union men, Virginia Convention, 1861, 255; one of committee from Virginia Convention to wait upon President Lincoln, 273.

Stuart, J. E. B., owned no slaves at time of war, 156.

Suffrage, white manhood, first established in Virginia by constitution of, 1850-1851, 145.

Summers, George W., declares disunion a menace to slavery, 223; a delegate from Virginia to Peace Conference, 246; extract from his speech at same, 248; a leader of the Union men, Virginia Convention, 1861, 255; extract from speech on coercion, Virginia Convention, 1861, 263; extract from letter on effect of suggested evacuation of Fort Sumter, 266.

Sumter, Fort, strategic importance of its occupancy by Federal troops, 272.

Taylor, Zachary, urges Congress to suppress African slave trade, 39.

Tennessee, secedes because of President Lincoln's call for troops, 226.

Territories, right of slaveholders in, a serious problem, 182.

Thom, Cameron E., his account of attempt of John Thom to colonize his ex-slaves, 73, 74.

Tinsley, Robert, extract from will, emancipating his slaves, 122.

Tocqueville, Alexis de, on negro problem in America, 164; declares Federal Government, founded on consent of states, cannot be maintained by force, 289.

Tucker, George, his estimate of reactionary influence of Abolitionists upon anti-slavery sentiment in Virginia, 51, 52.

Tucker, St. George, anti-slavery sentiments of, 85; his influence in forming anti-slavery sentiments of Thomas H. Benton, 85, note 117.

Turner, Nat, leads slave insurrection, 1831, 45.

Tyler, Sr., John, anti-slavery sentiments of, 84.

Tyler, John, urges Congress to enact laws suppressing African slave trade, 38; anti-slavery sentiments of, 87; a commissioner from Virginia to the President of the United States, 1861, 246; a delegate from Virginia to the Peace Conference, 1861, 246; an extract from his speech, as President of Peace Conference, 248.

"Underground Railroad," The, its origin and the character of its operations, 200, 201.

Virginia, diversity of sentiment in, 10; attitude of dominant element in, regarding slavery and secession, 10, 11; her opposition to coercion and grounds therefor, 11; right of self-government, basis of her position, 12; her Colonial record regarding slavery, 15-24; her efforts to restrain increase of slavery defeated by Great Britain, 17, 18; petition of her House of Burgesses, 1772, to King George, against African slave trade, 18; her opposition to African slave trade declared, by Mr. Jefferson, in the original Declaration of Independence, 19; her opposition to African slave trade voiced in county meetings, 21; resolutions of her Colonial Convention against importation of slaves, 21; her anti-slavery position defined, 1774, in Continental Congress, 21, 22; her efforts to enforce the agreements for the non-importation of slaves, 22; her Constitution and Bill of Rights, 1776, antagonistic to slavery, 22, 23; Mr. Bancroft's estimate of her Bill of Rights, 23; number of slaves in, at outbreak of the Revolution, 24; her statute abolishing African slave trade, 1778, 25; her cession of Northwest Territory to Federal Government, 26, 28; her part in adopting Ordinance of 1787, 27, 28; Mr. Bancroft's estimate of, 27; her General Assembly confirms Deed and Ordinance, 1789, 28; her opposition to clause of constitution permitting foreign slave trade, 29, 31; her continued efforts to restrain African slave trade, 33-40; her statutes—1782,—permitting slaveholders to emancipate their slaves, 41; of 1788—punishing with death for enslavement of child of free blacks, 41; of 1795—according slaves process of law without costs in proceedings affecting their freedom, 42; of 1803—requiring county authorities to keep registers, showing negroes entitled to liberty, 42; number of her free negroes, in 1810, 42; her Act of 1806, requiring emancipated slaves to leave state, 42; growth and culmination, in 1831, of her anti-slavery sentiments, 43; reactionary effect, upon her anti-slavery sentiment of Nat Turner insurrection, the Abolitionists and the failure of her General Assembly, 1832, to abolish slavery or to remove free negroes, 43, 44; movement in her General Assembly, 1832—to abolish slavery, 45-48; her growth in pro-slavery sentiment, 48-56; reactionary influence of Abolitionists upon her anti-slavery sentiment, 51-59; her efforts in aid of negro colonization, 60-65; her attitude towards emancipation, 75; her record regarding slavery, as reviewed by St. George Tucker, 85; public opinion in, ameliorates hardships of slavery, 101; instances of emancipations in, 103; small number of slaveholders in, 124; injurious effects of slavery upon, 127-137; her attitude towards custom of buying and selling slaves, 138-152; constitutional requirements in, regarding voting and apportionment of representation, 144, 145; colonists from, to Liberia, 152; small number of slaveholders among her soldiers, 153-155; causes militating against free discussion of slavery in, 172-180; her electoral vote in 1860, cast for Union candidates, 179; her secession not impelled by fear of adverse slavery legislation, 191; effect of "personal liberty laws" and "Underground Railroad" upon people of, 200, 201; requisition of Governor of, upon Governor of New York for fugitive from justice denied, 207; her people appreciated the danger to slavery resulting from secession, 222-224; attitude of her people unchanged by Emancipation Proclamations, 226, 227; her part in the Revolution, 233-237; her part in making the Union, 238-242; her efforts to maintain peace and preserve the Union, 244; her people declare for Union, February 4, 1861, 251; result of election in, for delegates to State Convention, 252; her action on secession determined by President Lincoln's call for troops, 256; her position regarding coercion of Cotton States, 259, 260; effect of Lincoln's First Inaugural upon members of her Convention, 260; contests in her Convention for and against secession, 265-273; report of Committee on Federal Relations, in her Convention, 1861, fairly expressive of sentiments of majority of her people, 267-269; her Convention defeats motion to secede April 4, 1861, 268; her attitude regarding slavery in territories, 269; proposes to re-enact inhibition as to slavery, north of 36 degrees 30 minutes by Constitutional Amendment, 269; call of her Convention upon President Lincoln, for definite declaration regarding coercion of Cotton States, 273; reply of President Lincoln to her Convention, 274; President Lincoln's call for troops impels her to secede (April 11, 1861), 275, 276; response of her Governor to call for troops, 278; sentiments of her people regarding coercion, 285-289; her people, threatened with war, still adhere to their position on State Sovereignty, 294; how her people regarded secession, 295, 296; predominant characteristics of her people, 298; her people's stand predetermined, 298.

War—Civil, Characteristics of a, 1.

Ward, Sr., John, extract from will, emancipating his slaves, 109.

Ward, John, colonization of his ex-slaves in Ohio, 68.

Warwick, John, colonization of his ex-slaves in Ohio, 69; extract from will, emancipating his slaves, 117.

Washington, Bushrod, First President of American Colonization Society, 61.

Washington, George, his anti-slavery sentiments, 83; extract from will, emancipating his slaves, 106; speech as President of Philadelphia Convention, 1787, 240.

Webb, Thacker V., extract from will, emancipating his slaves, 115.

Webster, Daniel, on reactionary effect of Abolitionists upon anti-slavery sentiment in Virginia, 55.

Welles, Gideon E., his replies, as Secretary of the Navy, to President Lincoln's request for opinions as to provisioning Fort Sumter, 281.

Wickham, Williams C., a leader of Union men, Virginia Convention 1861, 255.

Williams, George W., views of, regarding first importation of slaves, 16; on forces which secured enactment of clause in constitution, permitting African slave trade, 30.

Wilson, Henry, estimate of debate in Virginia Legislature, 1832, regarding abolition of slavery, 46; on the effects of Virginia's action regarding secession, 265.

Wisconsin, Supreme Court of, releases prisoner convicted in Federal Court, 203; resolutions adopted by General Assembly of 1859 asserting sovereignty of state, 203.

Wise, Henry A., writes, as Consul, from Rio Janeiro, against African slave trade, 39; depicts Virginia's poverty, 1856, 136, 137.

Wolseley, Viscount Lord, on cause for which Lee fought, 12; estimate of Robert E. Lee, 140.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

The Errata following the Preface had already been corrected by the publisher in the source text used.

Only obvious typographical errors were changed, including a few page numbers in the index. Unusual or inconsistent spellings were retained.

Footnotes were consecutively numbered through the entire volume and placed at the ends of chapters.

In the Index of the four note references the two which could be ascribed to footnotes on those pages had those footnote numbers inserted.