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i n de x Act to Regulate Blacks and Mulattoes , 13–14, 50 Adams, Eli, 166 Adams, John Quincy, 15 Adams, Samuel H., 89, 90, 92, 145, 251n11 Adamson family, 68 African American Baptist church, 119 Alexandria, Missouri, 41 Alger (postmaster), 155 Allen (innkeeper), 80 Alton, Illinois, 26, 30–31, 99, 222n8 American Anti-Slavery Society, 8–10, 17, 25–26, 31 American House, 47, 52, 54 American Missionary Association, 188 Amistad case, 8 Amity, Iowa, 23, 134–136, 185, 188, 249–250n72 Anamosa Gazette, 121 Anderson, George, 132, 133, 162 Anderson, Jeremiah, 29, 141, 158–159, 162, 171 Anderson, Levi, 29 Anderson, Osborn Perry, 165 Andover Theological Seminary, 28 Anthony, Horace, 211 anti-immigrant sentiment, 87, 113 Anti-Slavery Friends, 10, 36, 43 Appanoose County, 66–67 Appomattox, 202 archaeological excavations, 211–212 Archer, Nebraska, 105 Archie (runaway), 71 arms and ammunition, 108 Armstrong, Isabel, 71 Armstrong, John H. B., 31, 66–68, 70–71, 110–111, 231–232n5 Associated Presbyterian Church, 29 Atchison, David, 32, 94–95, 263n26 Athens, Missouri, 185 Avery, Egbert, 125, 126 Avery, Sharon, 266n16 Baldwin, Moses, 224n29, 225n49 Ball, Charles, 175–178, 264n31 Ballard, S. M., 169 Baptists, 10, 119, 163 Barber, Thomas W., 110 Barnett, David A., 146 Bates, Curtis, 93 Beck, N. H., 182 Beebe, Mary, 130, 131 Ben (slave), 55 Bill of Rights, 200 Bisbee, Martin, 134, 135 Bixby, Amos, 116, 149, 151 Bixby, Lewellyn, 254n30 black codes, 3 Black Hawk Purchase, 25, 29 Black Jack fight, 98, 137, 138 black laws, 12–17 black-snake whips, 112, 244n11 278 :: index Brown, Oliver, 162 Brown, Owen, 106, 137–138, 162, 165, 170 Brown, Salmon, 106, 107 Brown, Watson, 106–107, 162 Browning, Milton D., 61, 62, 64, 65 Buchanan, James, 114, 115–116 Bull Run, battle of, 185 Burleigh, C. C., 206 Burlington, Iowa, 58–65, 67, 78–79, figures 11, 12 Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye, 78–79, 185, 193 Burlington Hawk-Eye, 45, 201 Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, 60–61 Burtis House, 156 Butler, Jacob, 49, 228n5 Butler, Moses, 154 Butternuts, 197 Butterworth, Alexander, 50 Button, Albert, 36–37, 43, 225n49 California, 18 Calvert, John, 67–68, 70 Camp, Courtland, 166, 167–168, 169 Canada, 5, 23, 76, 92, 133, 151, 157 Casady and Polk (law firm), 198–199 Case, Cephas, 91–92, 93 Cass County Conservation Board, 210 Catholics, 113 Cattell, J. W., 168 Cedar Rapids Cedar Democrat, 121 census data, 3, 180, 212, 227n62, 241n43 chancery courts, 46 Chapin, Chauncey, 149 Chapman (lawyer), 129 Chase, Salmon P., 93–94 Chatham, Canada, 140–141 Cherokees, 260n2 Cherry Grove Monthly Meeting of Friends, 29–30 Chicago, Illinois: black population of, 130; as destination for fugitives, 5, 23, 53, 64–65, 75, 128; and efforts Blakesburg, Iowa, 74 Blanchard, Ira: assistance to fugitives , 235–236n9; and Civil Bend, 88; and escape of Dennis family slaves, 90–91; home, 212; and Hurd-gang abductions, 182–183; and the Otoe War, 123, 125–126, 129; portrait of, figure 14; and routes of the underground railroad, 108, 110–111; and the Tolles, 251n13 Blanchard Cemetery, 209 Bloomington, Iowa, 47 Bolton, Mr., 83–84 Boone County, 187–188 Boonesboro Times, 187–188 Borland, James, 47–48, 52 Bowen, Jesse, 154, 156, 169, figures 23, 24 Boyd, Jerry, 82, 83 Boyd, Mary, 82, 83 Boyer, Peter, 29 Bradshaw, Jesse, 169 Bradway, Calvin, 146, 252n13 Brandt, Isaac, 168, 194 British West Indies, 205 Brooks, Stephen, 198 Brown (St. Joseph physician), 144–145 Brown, Annie, 159 Brown, Frederick, 106 Brown, George W., 97 Brown, Henry, 34, 37–39, 42, 265n12 Brown, Jason, 106, 137–138 Brown, John: background of, 97–98; crossing of Iowa, 105–106, 143–157; execution of, 163, 171; Harpers Ferry raid, 5, 29, 158–165; and Higginson , 102; as inspiration for Iowa abolitionists, 264n31; Iowa history of, 137–143; martyrdom of, 163, 171, 258n57; popular support of, 136; and Todd house in Tabor, 209–210; Wolf on, 254n35 Brown, John, Jr., 106, 137–138, 158, 170 Brown, Martha, 159 index :: 279 Clark, William, 91–92 Clark County, Iowa, 38 Clarke, George W., 110 Clarke, Judy, 110–111 Clarke, William Penn, 80–81, 153, 154, 156, 169, 180–181, figure 22 Clarkson, Ret, 203 Clarkson, Thomas, 227n62 Clay, Henry, 8, 13 Clay, Iowa, 209 Claycomb (minister), 57 Clinger, William, 74, 75 Cloud, D. C., 48–49, 51, 52, 53 Coe, J. N., 248n52 Coffin, Levi, 29, 206 Comer, John, 39, 44, 225n49, 227n62 Compromise of 1850, 19, 45, 115 Congregational and American Home Missionary Society...

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