Barbary States, white slavery in the, II. 1. Gibbon on origin of their name, II. 6. Compared to slave States of America, II. 7; VI. 159-161. Military expeditions against, II. 22-33. Treaties of, with Great Britain, II. 30,--and with United States, II. 70, 73, 74; VIII. 294 _et seq._ Efforts to ransom white slaves in, II. 33-37, 57; VIII. 282, 286-296. Efforts of slaves to escape from, II. 39. Narratives of escapes from slavery in, II. 41-50, 55. Records of American slaves in, II. 50-55; VIII. 285. Wars of, with United States, II. 71-76; VIII. 296. Abolition of white slavery in, II. 78, 80; VIII. 297; X. 73. Testimony to condition of white slaves in, II. 91-99; VIII. 284. Black slavery in, II. 101. See _Algerine Slavery_, _Algiers_, _Tripoli_, and _Tunis_. Bates, Edward, Attorney-General, opinion of, on enlistment of colored troops, X. 321 _et seq._ Opinion of, declaring colored persons citizens of United States, XIII. 278, 368. Anecdote of, concerning colored officers, XVIII. 159. Bayard, Chevalier, conduct of, in a duel, I. 66; XVIII. 178. Bayard, James A., argument of, to prove that a Senator is a United States officer, quoted, X. 287-289. Belgium, the mission to, XI. 43. Bell, John, party in support of, in 1860, VI. 357; VII. 74. Plan of same, VI. 357-359; same, in 1864, XI. 419. Bellièvre, Pomponne de, engraved portrait of, XIX. 187. Dr. Thies on same, XIX. 187, 188. His career, XIX. 188-191. Belligerence, rule for recognition of, X. 126 _et seq._; XVII. 60, 121-124. Requisites for concession of ocean, X. 126-133; XVII. 59 _et seq._, 122,--authorities declaring same, X. 129-131; British precedents, illustrating same, X. 133-135. No neutrality possible without recognition of, XVII. 65, 203. Bentham, Jeremy, his plan for universal peace, II. 397. Berkeley, Bishop, XV. 275-278. His prophecy concerning America, XV. 278; Webster on same, XV. 278; predictions resembling same, XV. 279-281. Bills of Rights, their history and policy, IV. 62. Adoption of one in Massachusetts, IV. 69-71. Bingham, Kingsley S., Senator from Michigan, speech on death of, VII. 364; protests against slavery in same, VII. 365. Binney, Horace, XVIII. 315. Bismarck, Count, XVIII. 230 _et seq._ Black Code, the, must be abolished, VII. 362; XII. 310. Blackstone, Sir William, on the English militia, I. 357. On trial by battle, II. 349. Influence of his commentaries in America, III. 332; XVI. 84. On recovery of escaped villeins, III. 333. On fugitive slaves in England, IV. 303 (see _note_, 304). On unlimited authority of governments, VII. 51. On levying war, VIII. 125. On power of Speaker of House of Lords, XVI. 103. On the post-office as a source of revenue, XVIII. 64. Blaine, James G., letter to, on Presidential election of 1872, XX. 196.