The American Dreams of John B. Prentis, Slave Trader

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INDEX Abbot (slave of John B. Prentis), 87 abolition: class politics and, 3, 135; international debates over, 108–18; jeremiads of, 124, 143; national debates over, 97–98, 117, 131–32, 140–46; in Philadelphia, 53–57; triumph of, 186–87; in Virginia, 39–40, 131–32 Absolam (slave of John B. Prentis), 87 Adams, John Quincy, 112, 115, 116 advertisements: for estate sales, 24, 64–65; for runaways, 25, 118–21; for slave jails, 111; for slave sales, 24, 65 Africa, 4, 17, 20, 39, 55, 73, 143; Sierra Leone, 72 African Masonic Lodge, 55 Alabama, 76, 95, 96, 112, 113, 119, 139, 182 Albemarle County (Va.), 114 Albert, Prince, 116 alcohol, 19, 20, 24, 86, 92, 108, 112 Alexander (slave of John Prentis), 30, 191n2 Algiers, 86 Allen, Joseph, 117, 118 Allen, Richard, 55–56 Alvis, Joshua, 120 American Revolution: ambivalence about, 25, 29; economic impacts of, 36; family values and, 70, 140; loyalists and, 31; slavery and, 33, 38, 54–55, 81, 161; Virginian elite and, 45; York Tea Party and, 30. See also Stamp Act Anglican Church. See religion: Church of England Anti-Slavery Record, 118 Appomattox River, 72 Arch, Stephen Carl, 160 architecture, 2, 11, 26, 47, 90. See also houses archives, problems of, 6–7, 66, 69–70, 173–74, 181–82, 188 Armistead (Riddick family slave), 92–93 Arnold, Benedict, 33 Atlantic slave trade, 20, 86, 115, 143 Axelrad, Jacob, 20, 23 Bahamas, 115 Balize, 86 Baltimore, Md., 139 Bancroft, Frederic, 191n1 banks, 17, 128, 135, 164; credit systems and, 17, 32. See also money Barthes, Roland, 155 Baucom, Ian, 173–74 Behn, Aphra, 11 Behrendt, Stephen D., 4 Bellet, Peter, 34 Benezet, Anthony, 55 Berlin, Ira, 53 Bermuda, 39, 115 Betsy (jailed slave), 100 Binney, Charles James Fox, 62 204 index Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, 95 Blackford, Mary, 99–101 Blackstone, William, 174 Blair, Archibald, 13, 17 Blair, James, 13 Blight, David, 189 Blue Coat Boys, 9–12 boatmen’s rebellion, 72 Bob (runaway slave), 120 Bob (Tucker family slave), 127 Boston, Mass., 29, 63, 86, 132, 143 Boston Daily Advertiser, 86 Boston Tea Party, 30 Bowdoin, Margaret. See Prentis, Margaret (née Bowdoin, 1757– 1801) Bowdoin, Peter, Jr. (1796–1875), 137 Bowdoin, Peter, Sr., 34, 135, 148 Bowdoin, Sarah (Saunders), 15 Bowdoin, Susan (“Aunt Susan”), 41, 43–44, 147–48, 150, 161 Brace, Jeffrey, 143 Bray, Tom, 92, 93 Bray School, 25 Bremer, Fredrika, 175, 176 Bright, Capt., 75 Britain, 29, 85, 115–16, 144, 156, 191n1. See also London British navy, 115 Brockenbrough, John, 65 Brontë sisters, 156 Brook Farm, 145 Brooke, Ann, 13, 16 Brooke, John, 13, 21; will of, 16 Brooke, Mary. See Prentis, Mary (née Brooke, ca. 1700–1768) Brooks, Preston, 117 Brown, Henry “Box,” 156–57 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 156 Bruton Parish Church, 26, 32, 35, 136, 192n5 Bucktrout, Benjamin, 36 Burton, June, 89 Burwell (Riddick family slave), 92, 93 Burwell, James, 25 Cabell, William H., 87 Calhoun, John C., 112, 156 capitalism, 32, 75, 77, 79, 96–97, 152 Caribbean. See West Indies; and specific islands Carlyle, Thomas, 143 Carrico, Benjamin, 86 Carter, Robert, III, 17, 25, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40 Carter, Robert “King,” 25 Caruth, Cathy, 7 Caty (Riddick family slave), 92, 93 Chamberlain, Edward, 87–88, 124, 129 Chapman, Capt., 102, 103, 108, 117 Charles (Hillary’s slave), 91–92 Charles (Riddick family slave), 92, 93 Charles (son of Rachel), 51, 126 Charleston, S.C., 108, 168, 191n1 Charlotte (Riddick family slave), 92, 93 Charlton, Jane, 36 Cherokee removal, 116 Christian Record, 186 Christianity. See religion Christ’s Hospital, 9, 12, 17 Church of England. See under religion Ciss (Riddick family slave), 92, 93 Civil War, 7, 31, 114, 138, 140, 168, 184–87, 189 index 205 class structure: family values and, 134–37, 140–46; indentured servitude and, 51–55, 77–78; racial hierarchy and, 19, 53–55, 71–72; social mobility and, 17, 160–61; Virginian elite and, 45, 79–81, 113–14, 132, 133; work ethics and, 78–81; working-class sentiment and, 79–81, 84, 90–91, 133–35. See also white supremacy Clemm, Virginia, 164 Clinton (Miss.), 95, 123 clothes, 20, 44, 47, 79, 92, 107, 109, 110, 114, 117, 123, 177 Coalter, Fanny Tucker, 44 Cohoon, Capt., 181 College of William and Mary: archives of, 6, 19–20; first president of, 13; meetings at, 19; teachers at, 33, 39...