Index
Note: Throughout the index, CTT refers to Charles Turner Torrey; page numbers followed by “n” indicate endnotes. abolitionism: American history of, 26; colonization movement, 27; District of Columbia, goal of abolition in, 72, 168; expansion of, in early 1830s, 37; historiographical neglect of CTT, 186–93; northern opposition to, 38– 39; postal campaign, 37–38, 41; voluntary , 34–35. See also aggressive abolitionism ; schism among abolitionists (1839); specific abolitionists Adams, John Quincy: Amistad affair and, 68; background and experience , 81–82; gag rule, efforts against, 77, 147; Giddings and, 82; on Lovejoy murder, 47; Supreme Court appeal strategy and, 128; “trial” in Congress of, 81–85 African Methodist Church, 72–73 African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 100, 122 aggressive abolitionism: Abel Brown and, 104, 105; activity while CTT in jail, 137; Adams and, 84; CTT’s contribution to, 184–85; CTT’s interest in, 89–91; CTT’s travels and meetings, 115–17, 119; escalation of aggression, 112, 117, 124; Garnet’s call, 116–17; Garrisonians ’ shift toward, 176–77; John Brown and, 177–81; militancy after death of CTT, 173–77; runaway slaves, encouragement of, 89–90, 92–93, 109, 112, 117; slavemasters’ fears for, 93. See also Underground Railroad Albany, 94–95, 106–7, 119 Albany Patriot, 104, 108, 124, 125, 141, 168 Albany Vigilance Committee, 104, 106– 7, 108–9 Alford, Julius, 75 amalgamation, 11–12, 35–36 American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society , 62 American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS): 1839 annual meeting, 51–52; abandoned to Garrison by Torrey group, 61–62; Chaplin and, 167; D.C. abolition efforts, 72; founding of, 32–33; intermarriage stance, 11–12; Phelps and, 5–6, 62; remnants of, 118–19; the Seventy, 43; Stanton and, 6. See also Emancipator American Colonization Society, 27, 32 Amistad affair, 67–68, 89, 128 Amos, Benjamin, 141 Amos, George, 140–41 “An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World” (Walker), 28 Andover Anti-Slavery Society, 34 Andover Theological Seminary, 31–32, 33–34, 40 Andrews, Stephen Pearl, 131 Annapolis slaveholders convention (1842), 78–80 arrests of CTT, 79–81, 125–26 Association for Moral and Mental Development , 100 Astor, John Jacob, 115 Austin, James T., 47 autobiography, 144–45, 201 Badger, George, 94 Baker, James, 120 Baltimore, 96, 196 Baltimore city jail, CTT in: break-out attempt , 135–37; fundraising for, 130, 131, 138; health issues, physical and mental, 136, 138–39; hopes of acquittal , 137–38; as opportunity for abolitionist activities, 127; public relations INDEX 229 230 | index campaign from, 130–33; rumors, public defense against, 133–34; sentencing , 148; Supreme Court appeal strategy , 128–30, 131, 139; thanks to friends before trial, 139; trial, 139–43, 144 Baltimore Sun, 129–31, 136 Baptists, 8, 14, 104, 160 Beardsley, Samuel, 39 Beecher, Charles, 185 Beecher, Harriet, 33, 175, 185 Beman, Jehiel C., 52 Bias, James J. G.: background, 99–100; CTT in jail and, 135; CTT staying with, 124; death of, 189; Underground Railroad and, 120, 121, 122 Big Ben (slave), 126 Birney, James: CTT and, 58; death of, 189; Garrison and, 51; Liberty Party and, 62–64; nominated for president , 56, 59, 118, 147; riot against, 100; schism and, 6, 8; at World Anti-Slavery Convention, 62 Black, Edward, 151 blacks, free. See free blacks Bordewich, Fergus, 185–86 Boston Anti-Slavery Society, 4 Boston Daily Mail, 70, 88, 122 Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, 7, 10, 12, 50 Boston Free American, 60, 65, 66–67. See also Massachusetts Abolitionist Boston Morning Chronicle, 144, 145, 168 Boston Vigilance Committee, 67 bounties on abolitionists, 37, 112, 113, 189 Bowditch, Nathaniel, 161 Bradley, W. C., 159 Britain, 32, 62–63, 86 British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society , 164–65 Brown, Abel: background, 104; bounty on, 112; on Clay, 125; death of, 137, 189; fundraising by, 94–95; Underground Railroad and, 104–5, 106–7, 112–13, 116, 119 Brown, Catherine, 187, 201 Brown, John, 47, 115, 177–81, 184, 189 Brown, Leah, 110 Brown, Owen, 177 Bryant, Agnes Lee, 227n1 Bryant, Albert, 195 Bryant, Arthur Alexis, 196, 227n1 Bryant, Dorothy Emmons, 227n1 Bryant, Emmons, 195–96, 227n1 Bryant, Ethel Charlotte, 196, 227n1 Bryant, Seelye, 195, 227n1 Buffalo conventions, 116–18 Bunyan, John, 39 “Bureau of Humanity,” 168 Burleigh, Charles, 194 Burr, James, 68, 93, 184 Bush, John, 120–21, 128 Bushoong, Jacob, 98 Cady, Elizabeth, 11, 115–16, 172–73 Calarco, Tom, 106 Calhoun, John C., 90, 125, 170, 174, 175 Cannon, Patty, 96 Castle, Elisabeth, 109–10 “Catalogue of Portraits of...
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