Index

A

Abolitionists, 4, 36, 39–40, 54–56, 71–80, 98, 103–5

Antislavery leaflets, 55–56, 103, 152–53

B

Ball, R. A., 173

Barnum, P. T., 171–72

Batchelder, James, 92, 94, 98

Big Walker. See Burns, Big Walker

Black Laws, Indiana, 173

Boston, 54–56, 66. See also Vigilance Committee

Breeder slaves, 15, 28, 58

Brent, William, 5–7, 21, 35–36, 58–60, 94, 106, 120,165

in Boston, 56, 71, 152

in court, 51, 123, 126, 128- 29, 143

Brown, Horace W., 139

Burns, Big Walker, 9, 10, 11–14, 29–34

Butman, Asa, 19, 21–23, 34,35, 40–41, 53–54, 69,71, 153–56, 160–61, 163,165

C

Capture of fugitive slaves, 22 Burns, 3–7

Childhood, 8–18, 24–32

Court trial, 45–54, 123–29,134–51, 157–62

Cross, Cal, 131–32

D

Dana, Richard Henry, 39, 42–47, 49, 67–68, 94, 95, 123, 153, 160–61

at trial, 125–29, 134–36, 141–49, 157, 159

Defense lawyers, 45–46, 94, 123

Drew, George H., 138

E

Edmands, B. F., 143

Ellis, Charles Mayo, 39, 46,49, 94, 95, 123–26, 136–38

Employment, 113–16, 118–21, 133

Escape from slavery, 130–33

Evidence in court, 134–36, 159

F

Faneuil Hall, Boston, 4, 72–81

Father of Anthony, 15, 31–32,33

Favor, John, 139

Foote, Mr. and Mrs., 113–16

Free Soil party, 43

Freedom, 60–61, 168–71

purchase effort, 98–102, 105–7

Freeman, Watson, 6–7, 35, 52, 53, 66, 91, 93, 97, 106

and sale of Burns, 100–101

at trial, 123, 127

Fugitive Slave Act, 21–22, 39, 48–49, 52, 126–28, 135, 142–43, 159, 181–86

Dana's argument, 147

opposition to, 54, 67–68

Funerals of slaves, 117

G

Gould, Cyrus, 141

Grimes, Leonard, 20, 38–40, 56–57, 67–70, 96, 123, 160–61, 169–72

and freedom purchase, 98–102, 105–7

H

Habeas corpus, 175

Hallett, Benjamin, 35–36, 40–41, 93, 99, 123–25, 127, 143–44, 157, 175

and sale of Bums, 101–2,106–7

Hand injury, 20, 115–16

Higginson, Thomas W., 73, 79–80, 91–92, 175

Hiring Ground, 60–61, 82, 88–89, 109–14, 117–18

Howe, Samuel G., 75

I-J-K

Imprisonment: in Boston, 19–23, 33–41, 56 in Virginia, 167–68

Indiana, Black Laws, 173

Jones, William, 138

Judges, and slave cases, 49, 67

Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 54–55, 66

L

Letters:

in prison, 69–71

to Virginia church, 20–21, 134

Loring, Edward, 22, 36, 42, 46–47, 67–68, 95

court hearing, 51–53, 96–97

and sale of Burns, 100–2, 105–6

trial, 124–29, 135–36, 140, 142, 148–49, 153, 157–59, 166

Lumpkin, Robert, 166

M

Mamaw, 9, 12, 15, 25–32, 60

Mattapan Works, 133, 138–39

Maude Maw, 118–20

McDaniel, David, 168–71

Millspaugh, 120–21, 130

Missouri Compromise, 54–55

Morriss, Robert, 46, 123

Music of slaves, 25–26, 117

O-P

Oberlin College, 172

Parker, Edward G., 48–49, 94–96, 99, 123, 126, 135

Parker, Theodore, 36–39, 42, 46, 49–51, 55–56, 77–78, 98, 103–5, 123, 152, 175

Personal Liberty Law, 175

Phillips, Wendell, 46, 67–68, 75–77, 79, 98, 123, 175

Pierce, Franklin, 67, 97, 143–44

Pitts, Coffin, 4, 20, 36–38, 57

Posse comitatus, 22, 186n

Preaching by Burns, 116–17,173

Protest meeting, 72–73, 74–81

R

Reading, learning of, 17, 26–27, 115, 118, 120

Rescue attempt, 72–73, 79–80, 90–92

Riley (deputy), 34, 162, 165

Russell, George R., 74

S

St. Catharines, Canada, 173–74

Shadrach, 43, 72

Sims, Thomas, 19, 42, 43, 56, 66, 154

Slavery, 8–18, 24–32, 58–65

capture after escape, 3–7, 66

employment, 58–60, 82–89, 109–21

escape from, 130–33

freedom purchased, 168–71

imprisonment, 167–68

legislation, 54–55

opposition to, 36, 39–40, 42–44, 54–57, 66–67,71–80, 98, 103–5, 161–65

return to, 160–66

Stevens, Charles Emery, 172

Stockwell, G. S., 169, 171

Stowell, Martin, 73, 79–80, 91–92, 175

Suttle, Charles, 5–7, 21, 35–36, 44, 58–60, 84–85, 94, 109–14

in Boston, 56, 71, 123, 152

and return to slavery, 165–66

sale of Burns, 96, 98–102, 106, 168

Suttle, John, 6, 10–18, 24–25

Suttle, Missy, 12–13, 15, 24,31

Swift, John, 75

T

Testimony in court, 51–52, 126, 128, 138–42

Thomas, Seth, 50–52, 94, 99

at trial. 123, 126, 128, 134- 36, 138, 140–42, 149–51

Tremont Temple, 36, 71, 103–4

Troops, to defend Court House, 92, 93, 97, 122–23, 143- 44, 156–57, 163–65

True, Ben, 140

Two-heads, 118–20

U-V-W

Vigilance Committee, Boston, 39, 42, 46, 67, 71–73

Visions, 116

Whittemore, James F., 139