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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... INDEX A Abolition, gradual, era of, 3; by Act of Congress, resolutions in favor of, 6 n. Abolition Societies, formation of, dur-ing the period of State emancipation, 4; decline of, during the wars with England, 4; revival of activity of, after 1815, 5-7; Quakers in, 40; in-fluence of, 89,97-111; memorials of, to Congress, reinforced by petitions of the Society of Friends, 96; appro-priateness of title of, 97; policy and methods of, 97, 103; reasons for failure of, 97, 109; aims of, 97-100, 103, 105, 107; constitutions of, 98; counsellors of, 100; membership of, 100 f.; admission of slave-holders to, 100 f.; organization of, 100 f.; com-mittees of, 100, 109; memorials of, to Congress against the slave-trade, 101, 106, 141; decline of, 102, 109, 110; reports of, to American Convention, 102, 107; attitude of, toward vested rights, 103; lack of aggressiveness of, 103; compilation of facts by, 103; education of public sentiment by, 103; orations and addresses of, 103,104 -.; formation of, recommended, 104; dis-tribution of literature by, 104? applica-tions of, to Courts, 104, 106 /., 109; applications of, to legislatures, 105, 105 -.; efforts of, against the slave-trade, 106, 108; opposition to, 109/; revival of activity in, 110; results of work of, 111; conditions necessary for success of, 112 f.; liberation of kidnapped negroes by, 120; protection of free blacks by, 125; efforts of, for execution and amendment of laws, 125 f.; liberation by, of free negroes unlawfully held, 133; victory of, over the foreign slave-trade, 142; attitude of, toward measures limiting the slave-trade, 142; enforcement of laws against the slave-trade by, 145; effects of movement against the slave-trade on, i$S/-i free produce movement supported by, 190. See also American ...
