Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865)McDougall, Marion Gleason
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Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865)
McDougall, Marion Gleason
Fugitive slaves -- United States; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
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.
Dagget amendment, § 19, B 14.
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.
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