Congress, action of, from 1847 to 1850, § 27.
Connecticut, legislation in, § 4; in the New England confederation, § 8; offers reward, § 8; emancipation in, § 14; Personal Liberty Laws in, § 78, § 79, § 82; servants in, A 9; against runaways, A 67, A 78, A 79.
Constitution, fugitive slave clause in, § 16, B 7; defended slavery, § 16; amendments proposed, C 22.
Constitutional Convention, fugitive question in, § 15.
Convention, in Treaty of Ghent, § 22. See also Constitutional Convention.
Conviction of a fugitive, evidence necessary, § 18.
Court, Commissioners, how chosen, § 30. See also Conviction, Trials.
Cox, ----, resolution, C 5; on repeal bill, § 102.
Crafts, William and Lucy, escape of, § 69, D 41.
Creek Indians, escapes to, § 8; treaty with, § 22; restoration clause in treaty, B 11.
Crittenden, joint resolution, C 13, C 24.
Davis, amendment, B 30; bill, C 50; substitute bill, C 57; amendments, C 58.
Davis, Charles G., in Shadrach case, § 57.
Debate, on fugitive slave clause in the constitution, § 15; on fugitive slave bill, § 17-§ 19; on the slave trade, § 19; on the fugitive slave act, § 19, § 20; on the admission of Missouri, § 21; on slavery in the D. C., § 28; on the fugitive slave law of 1850, § 31, § 32.
Delaware, regulation of servants and slaves, A 70.
Delawares, fugitive slave clause in treaty, B 1.
District of Columbia, slavery in, § 28; repeal of jail laws in, § 97, § 98; Grimes's bill, § 97, § 98; debate on abolition of slavery in, § 98; resolution on repeal of the Black Code in, C 33; bill for emancipation in, C 42; act on criminal justice in, C 51; bill, C 54; bill to repeal Black Code in, C 56; bill for the abolition of slavery in, C 62, C 65.
Drayton, ----, Captain, aids fugitives, § 50.
Douglass, Frederick, method of escape, § 68, § 75, D 23.
Douglas, Stephen A., joint resolution, C 14.
Dutch Colonies, along the coast, § 1; regulations on fugitives, § 2, § 4; legislation in, § 6. See also New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.
East Jersey, against fugitives, § 2, A 41; against runaways, A 45.
Eldridge, Captain, of brig Chickasaw, § 42.
Eliot, ----, introduces confiscation bill, § 91; bill, C 69; substitute bill, C 78.
Elton, Governor, action in fugitive slave case, § 11.