Proffit, U.S. Minister to Brazil, 164. Prohibition of slave-trade by Ga., 15, 75; S.C., 17, 89; N.C., 19; Va., 20; Md., 22; N.Y., 26; Vermont, 28; Penn., 28, 29; Del., 31; N.J., 32; N.H., 36; Mass., 37; R.I., 40; Conn., 43; United States, 110; England, 135; Confederate States, 188. See also Appendices. Providence, R.I., 42. Prussia at European Congresses, 135-36, 139, 147, 281. Pryor, R.A. (of Va.), 171. QUAKERS. See Friends. Quarantine of slaves, 16. Quebec, 52. Quincy, Josiah, Congressman, 100 n., 102 n. Quintuple Treaty, 145, 147, 281. RABUN, Wm., Governor of Ga., 127. Ramsey, David (of S.C.), 69. Randolph, Edmund, in the Federal Convention, 58, 59, 63. Randolph, John, Congressman, 106-07. Randolph, Thomas M., Congressman, 108. Registration of slaves, 16, 132 n., 258, 260. Revenue from slave-trade, 87, 90, 95, 111, 112. See Duty Acts. Rhode Island, slave-trade in, 34, 35, 85; restrictions in, 40-43; "Association" in, 48; reception of Constitution by, 72; abolition societies in, 42, 74, 83; Colonial and State legislation, 200, 203, 213, 214, 222, 223, 224-25, 227-30, 233. Rice Crop, 17, 20. Right of Search, 137-42, 145 n., 148-51, 156, 183, 185, 191, 256, 295. Rio Grande river, 176. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, 145, 160, 162. Rolfe, John, 25. Royal Adventurers, Company of, 10. Royal African Company, 10-11. Rum, traffic in, 35, 36, 50. Rush, Richard, Minister to England, 138. Russell, Lord John, 150, 297, 303. Russia in European Congresses, 135, 139, 147; signs Quintuple Treaty, 147, 281. Rutledge, Edward, in Federal Convention, 58-61, 65. Rutledge, John, Congressman, 84-87. ST. AUGUSTINE, 114. St. Johns, Island of, 52. St. Johns Parish, Ga., 52. St. Mary's River, Fla., 113-14, 116, 117. "Sanderson," slaver, 35 n. Sandiford, 29. San Domingo, trade with, stopped, 50, 96; insurrection in, 74, 84, 86, 96; deputies from, 133. Sardinia, 142. Savannah, Ga., 16, 51, 169. Search. See Right of Search. Sewall, Wm., slave-trader, 131 n. Seward, Wm. H., Secretary, 151, 289, 293. Seward (of Ga.), Congressman, 175. Sharpe, Granville, 134. Sherbro Islands, Africa, 158. Sherman, Roger, in the Federal Convention, 59, 60, 62, 65; in Congress, 78. Shields, Thomas, slave-trader, 131 n. Sierra Leone, 129, 151, 191. Sinnickson (of N.J.), Congressman, 81. Slave Power, the, 153, 198.