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[ 439 ] INDEX Abdy, Edward S., 108–9, 110–12, 215– 16, 222–23, 405n56 abolitionist movement: antislavery constitutional theory, 340–41; colonization advocates’ criticism of, 58; concern regarding women’s involvement in, 103–4, 379n42; and Fourteenth Amendment, 339–42; Harper’s Ferry burden for, 263–65; impact on church and state, 305; views on Lincoln , 265; as moral revolution, 237; reunion at Garrison’s funeral, 305; role of Crandall’s school in, 61, 237, 360n78; violence against, 139, 189–90, 225, 237–42, 243. See also antislavery societies; Garrison, William Lloyd; May, Samuel Joseph Adams, John Quincy, 35, 36, 244, 272 Adams, Rufus, 51, 52–53, 62, 90, 91, 94, 151 African Americans. See blacks, free or slave Alexander, Francis, 172, 173–74 American Anti-Slavery Society, 138, 154–58, 171, 190, 340, 358n35, 390n44 American Colonization Society (ACs), 18, 28, 36, 68, 130, 228, 229, 237, 359n59 American Indians, 113, 144, 197, 255 Ames, Andrew Judson, 58, 270, 281, 367n94, 419n77 Ames, Charles, 58, 270, 281, 367n94 Ames, Henry, 270, 273–74, 275 Amistad case, 246–53, 272 Anthony, Susan B., 263 antislavery movement. See abolitionist movement antislavery societies, 138, 153–58, 171, 190, 340, 358n35, 390n44. See also individual regional and state societies Atchison, Andrew, 314 Bacon, Asahel, 62, 63–64, 105–6, 117, 141, 223–24 Bacon, Chauncey, 78, 91, 162 Baldwin, Roger Sherman, 248 Barber, Mary, 134–36, 142, 385n17 Beecher, Harriet, 171–72 Beecher, Henry Ward, 282, 283, 298 Beecher, Lyman, 18, 40, 168, 169, 171, 362n118, 400n40 Beman, Jehiel C., 54, 76, 366n69 Benson, Anna, 92 Benson, George W.: first meeting with Crandall, 46; and Garrison, 74, 75–76, 152, 153, 178; marriage of, 243; as supporter of Crandall’s school, 54, 59–61, 69, 74–75, 89–90, 92, 93 Benson, Helen Eliza (Mrs. W. L. Garrison ): death of, 292; and Garrison, 74, 153, 159–60, 162, 163–64, 165, 280; hosting of Crandall’s students, 162, 164; marriage of, 203, 205, 207, 218–19; and Philleo-Crandall match, 172–73, 174, 175; and Prudence, 177, 206; and Sarah Harris, 287 Benson, Henry E., 46, 60, 62, 63, 64, 74, 128, 129, 368n132 Benson, Mary, 122–23, 135 Bissell, Clark, 192–93, 200–201, 400n40 Black Law: at appeals court hearing, 201–2; challenges of operating school with, 213; constitutionality issue, 115, 126, 128–29, 144, 145, 193–96, 200, 319; Crandall’s jail time and support system, 91–95; Crandall’s per- [ 440 ] Index sonal response to, 95–96; defense of, 108, 143–44, 196–97; and embargo on Crandall’s school, 95; family and friends’ discussion over consequences of, 88–90; Judson’s minimizing of later in life, 252; passage and provisions , 84–86, 168; press battle over Crandall’s school as result of, 87–88; repeal of, 252, 261, 262; students’ perspective , 96–97 blacks, free or slave: citizenship issue, 113, 115, 124, 127, 128, 144, 148, 197, 199, 203, 224, 259, 400n40; educational opportunity for, 10, 26, 87, 108, 140, 195, 335–36, 343; equal rights debate, 3, 20, 24, 99, 132, 143, 195, 196, 227; fate of widows, 23; fears of rebellion and violence from, 45; and Fourth of July as “Emancipation Day,” 178; inequality of, 6, 24, 266, 298; interracial marriage issue, 3, 53, 67, 70–71, 137, 138, 145, 148, 180; Lane Seminary’s support for, 168– 72; as Liberator subscribers, 357n22; opposition to bringing into state, 84; struggle of women, 3, 7, 20–21, 22–23, 30, 50, 111, 131, 170; as students in Crandall’s school, 27, 44, 49–50, 64, 77, 144, 387n64; violence against, 185, 212–13, 295, 335; voting rights for, 128, 194, 331; as war veterans, 125, 194, 198, 272–73, 274, 275, 333. See also colonization movement; entries beginning with “racial”; immediate emancipation ; slaves and slavery Bolt, Henrietta, 162 Bond, Horace Mann, 342 Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, 237–42 Bourne, George, 38, 47, 54, 72–73, 84, 93, 361–62n118, 371–72n54 Bowers, John, 174 Boyce, William W., 265 Boyce v. Anderson, 405n74 Brooks, Preston, 258, 413n66 Brown, Henry B., 331 Brown, John, 263–65 Brown, Linda, 336 Brown, Moses, 12, 165 Brown, Oliver, 336 Browne, William Hand, 264 Brown v. Board of Education, 4, 335–44 Buffum, Arnold, 45, 51, 54, 59, 60, 61–62, 63–64, 66, 353n96 Bulkley, Ichabod, 115, 381n14 Burleigh, Celia, 347 Burleigh, Charles Calistus: death of, 298; journalistic defense of Prudence, 107, 109, 129; May’s meeting of, 102; and mob...

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