Busy in the Cause: Iowa, the Free-State Struggle in the West, and the Prelude to the Civil War

Index

INDEX Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Abbot, James B., 140, 142 abolitionists: Congregationalists as, 2, 4, 13, 151; Emigrant Aid Company as, 17, 19; as fanatics , 2, 17, 223n21; in Grinnell IA, 149–51, 151, 180, 196–97; Ira Blanchard as, 77–78, 91–92, 92, 96, 202–6, 226n7, 240nn1–2, 240n13; James Lane as, 70, 78– 79; on John Brown, 173; John Stewart as, 184, 191–94, 199; legislative acts against, 20; Pardee Butler as, 41, 42, 229n45; shootings of, 36, 227n28; William Clarke Quantrill as, 184; William Penn Clarke as, 152–54, 153, 197. See also Brown, John; Civil Bend IA; Tabor IA acts, legislative: Compromise of 1850, 3–5, 6, 219n3; Kansas-Nebraska Act, 5–12, 13–14, 15, 70, 71, 212, 220n17; Missouri Compromise, 6, 8–10, 12, 14, 220n17; about slavery, 2–4, 20, 219n3, 220n17 Adair, Samuel L., 107, 127, 139 agents: Charles Robinson as, 34– 35, 54; George W. Clarke as, 93; Shalor W. Eldridge as, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 81, 105; Thomas Eldridge as, 83, 85. See also leaders ambushes. See attacks Anderson, Jeremiah G., 127–28, 129, 156–57, 157, 165, 167, 217, 250n82, 251n90 Arabia (steamboat), 55–56, 232n23 armories. See arsenals; Harpers Ferry WV arms: for emigrants, 63, 75, 80, 81– 82, 233n37; from governors, 63, 81, 87, 136–37, 233n37, 238n45; in Iowa City IA, 83, 87, 238n46; for John Brown, 82–83, 85, 112, 119–20, 237n34; in Lawrence KS Territory, 48–49, 54, 56; letters about, 54, 55, 86–87, 231n17; from Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company, 54, 55–56, 83, 232n23; newspaper articles about, 86–87, 97, 98, 232n21, 233n37, 238n46; Ohio and, 119, 167, 233n37; in Tabor IA, 82–83, 85, 237n34; on wagon trains, 63, 81–82, 83, 85, 195. See also Sharps rifles 272 . . Index Armstrong, John, 28–29, 95–96 Arny, William F. M., 83, 238n37 arrests, 32–33, 47–49, 137, 176–77, 203, 205–6, 257n56 arsenals, 43, 63, 81, 209, 233n37. See also Harpers Ferry WV articles: about arms, 86–87, 97, 98, 232n21, 233n37, 238n46; about caravans and wagon trains, 63– 64, 85, 196, 197, 213; about Free Staters, 26, 27, 35–36, 36–37, 90, 211–12; about guerrillas, 35–36, 36–37; about Harpers Ferry WV, 167, 171; about James Lane, 74– 76; about kidnappings, 193, 200, 207–8, 256n56, 257n60; about schools, 182; about slavery , 4, 8–9, 100, 197–98, 220n17, 224n41; about steamboat searches, 57, 58–59; about travel routes, 234n42. See also newspapers Atchison, David Rice: elections concerning, 14–15, 18–19, 20–21, 88; in Lawrence KS Territory, 47, 49; letters by, 24–25, 88; as senator , 6, 13–15, 16–17, 20–21, 88; steamboat searches by, 57 Atchison KS Territory, 38, 40–44 attacks: concerning John Brown, 50, 105; on forts, 93, 128, 225n1; by Free Staters, 28–29, 33–37; regarding newspapers, 49, 150. See also violence, acts of Bain’s Fort KS Territory, 130, 136, 137 Ball, Charles, 182–83, 184, 185, 186– 91, 189, 194 Beck, N. H., 201, 203, 206, 207 bills. See acts, legislative Bixby, Amos, 180, 197, 243n16, 254n19 Black Jack, Battle of, 50, 107, 110, 217–18 black people: in Canada, 154–55; Frederick Douglass as, 155; as freedmen, 191, 192–203, 251n90; Garner family as, 201, 202–3, 207, 257n56; in jail, 177–79, 200– 202; Jim Daniels as, 128, 130, 131, 134, 139; meetings about, 180, 196–97. See also runaways; slaves Blanchard, Ira, 77–78, 91–92, 92, 96, 202–6, 226n7, 240nn1–2, 240n13 Blanchard, Mary, 96, 240n13 Bloomfield IA, 211 Blue Lodges, 17, 183 Bodwell, Lewis, 100–102, 144 border ruffians: and emigrants and settlers, 26, 27, 58; Jacob Hurd as, 141, 193, 200–201, 202, 203–4, 205–7; mobs as, 55–56 borders: election voters at, 18–19, 20– 21, 31–32, 227n16; of Kansas Territory , 125–28; of Missouri, 17, 18–19, 21, 125–35, 136–37, 174, 224n38; raids at, 26, 129–35, 136–37, 184, 185–91; river stops and landings at, 38, 40–44, 52, 68, 99–100 Bourbon County KS Territory, 125, 128, 130, 136, 137, 138 Brooks, Preston, 49 Brown, Frederick, 105, 217 Brown, George W., 34, 137–38, 246n32 Brown, John: appearance and personality of, 84, 114–17, 243n22, 252n94; arms and Sharps rifles for, 82–83, 85, 112, 119–20, 237n34, 238n37; attacks concerning, 50, 105; in Civil Bend IA, 147, 249n59; and company...