Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth: The Society of Friends in Northern Virginia, 1730-1865

Index

Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. “SMJ” refers to Samuel M. Janney. Abolitionism: Quakers and, 5, 205–8, 212, 227–36, 276; and the slave trade, 109–10. See also Antislavery Abolition Society of Waterford, 129 Accotink, 214, 236, 243 Ackworth Boarding School, 179 ACS. See American Colonization Society Adams, John Quincy, 228 Adams, Samuel, 47 Affirmations, 10, 27, 57, 315n21 Africa, colonization by free blacks of, 123–26, 128–32, 236, 296n46 African Americans: alleged inferiority of, 109, 110; education of, 113–15, 130, 132, 193–95, 211, 236, 263–65; justice and, 274–75; post–Civil War attitudes toward, 273–74; as teachers, 265. See also Free African Americans Agriculture: Civil War’s effect on, 254; grain cultivation, 74; northern Virginia production in, 314n14; and promotion of antislavery, 212–18, 233, 236; Quaker contributions to, 27–28, 78–79, 147, 212–18; soil restoration, 78–79, 215–16; transportation and trade involving, 95 Aid: for the disadvantaged, 62–63; for free African Americans, 58, 128, 176, 206, 215, 220, 232, 263–64; for Quakers in Civil War, 255 Alcohol, strictures concerning, 36, 39, 97 Alexandria, 2, 11, 28–29, 63–64, 68–70, 75–77, 80, 84, 86, 93–95, 102–3, 115–16, 119–20, 122–23, 130, 171, 181, 182, 185–87, 219–20, 226, 233, 244, 245, 266–67 Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Railroad, 219 Alexandria and Orange Railroad, 219 Alexandria Canal Company, 219 Alexandria Female Academy, 184–85 Alexandria First Day School, 130, 193, 211 Alexandria Gazette (newspaper), 81, 106, 130, 134, 214 Alexandria Library Company, 101, 186 Alexandria Lyceum, 101, 186 Alexandria Marine Insurance Company, 80, 84, 120 Alexandria Meeting House, 249 Alexandria Monthly Meeting, 73, 80–81, 83–85, 92, 96, 119, 120–22, 145, 148, 157–58, 182, 197 Alexandria Society for the Relief and Protection of Persons Illegally Held in Bondage, 111–16 Alexandria Union Association, 267 Alexandria Water Company, 219–20 Allibone, Susan, 202 American Colonization Society (ACS), 123–24, 128, 131 American Indians. See Native Americans Anderson, Wilson, 232 Anglican Church: dissent against, 24; government service and, 27; Quaker opposition to, 11; in Shenandoah Valley, 26; Virginia policies supporting, 9–10, 13 356 · Index Anti-Quaker sentiment, 6, 275; Anglican, 13; John Brown as cause of, 239–40; Revolutionary War and, 46–49, 55; slavery and, 115, 134, 233–34; War of 1812 and, 67; women and, 192–93, 198–99. See also Repression and suppression Antislavery: agricultural improvement and, 212–18, 233, 236; business and, 218–21; conservative tactics used for, 1, 106, 112, 118, 125–33, 168, 211–12, 227–28; dilemmas concerning, 118–19, 130, 223–24, 232, 273; education reform and, 209–11; before 1830, 106–35; growth of, 128; opposition to, 42, 111–12, 114–15, 127, 134–35, 229–30, 233–36; as outgrowth of reform, 36, 41–43; Quakers and, 1–2, 4, 39, 41–42, 46, 58–61, 106–35, 205–36, 240–42, 276, 285n12; schism’s effect on, 168; women and, 175. See also Abolitionism Arbitration. See Mediation Army of the Potomac, 244 Arnold, Benedict, 54 Associator Humanus (pseudonym), 45 Bagby, Arthur P., 182 Bailey, M., 44 Balderston, Hugh, 154 Baldwin, R. T., 215 Ball, Charles, 255 Baltimore, 94–95 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 95, 144 Baltimore American (newspaper), 261 Baltimore Meeting for Sufferings, 65, 166, 248, 265, 268 Baltimore Monthly Meeting, 145 Baltimore Quarterly Meeting, 157 Baltimore Yearly Meeting, 39, 60, 61, 65–66, 73, 81, 83, 86, 91, 93, 99, 117, 136, 139, 141–43, 148, 150–56, 158, 159, 160, 161, 166, 167, 169, 174, 177, 180–82, 193, 198, 207–8, 215, 265, 270, 274, 301n61 Baltimore Yearly Meeting Women Friends, 175–76 Banking, 79–80 Bank of Alexandria, 69–70, 72, 76, 77, 79–80 Bank of Potomac, 69–70, 79–80, 84, 91 Bankruptcy, 81 Banks, Nathaniel, 246, 248 Baptists, 24–26, 60 Barbour, James, 66 Barclay, Robert, 20–21, 139, 140, 155 Barker, Rachel, 199 Barnard, Hannah, 141 Bates, Benjamin, 65 Bates, Elisha, 155 Battle of Antietam (1862), 256 Battle of Fallen Timbers (1795), 99 Battle of Gettysburg (1863), 256, 266 Battle of Winchester (1864), 259–60 Bean, Mordecai, 248 Beeson, Edward, 86 Beeson, Martha, 86 Beeson, Richard, 17 Beliefs and spiritual values: business and, 80–85, 119, 218–21; Civil War and, 250; in conflict with Southern values, 4, 6–7, 9, 19, 20, 23–25, 62, 105, 271; deterioration of, 8–9, 35, 266–67; equality, 21; fundamental, 19...