G
gag rule, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 arguments against, 1
Garrison, Pompey, 1
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1 , 2
Gedney, Thomas, 1
Gentleman, 1
German Coast uprising of 1811, 1
Ghent Treaty of 1814, 1 , 2 , 3 Article 10, 1
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1
Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 Ashtabula Sentinel on, 1.1-1.2
censure vote, 1.1-1.2
in Committee of the Whole, 1.1-1.2
Creole affair and Resolutions of, 1.1-1.2
Dickens on, 1
post-Creole affair era, 1.1-1.2
Webster and, 1.1-1.2
Gifford, Zephaniah C., 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 fictional version of, 1.1-1.2
in Nassau, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
protest and, 1
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1
Goodwin, William H., 1
Gordon, George Hamilton, 1
Granger, Francis, 1
“
“Great Game,” 1
G
Great Reform Bill, 1
Gregory XVI (Pope), 1.1-1.2
Griffiths, Julia, 1
Groves, Moses, 1.1-1.2
Groves v. Slaughter, 1.1-1.2 , 2
H
Haiti-US relations, 1
Hammond, James Henry, 1
Hampton Roads, 1
Hannen, James, 1 McLeod affair and, 1
hard cider, 1.1-1.2
Harpers Ferry, 1 , 2
Harrison, William Henry, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 death, 1 , 2 , 3
funeral, 1.1-1.2
inaugural speech, 1.1-1.2
oath taking, 1
Hayne, Robert Y., 1
Hermosa, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 Claims Commission, 1.1-1.2
T
The Heroic Slave, a Thrilling Narrative of the Adventures of Madison Washington, in Pursuit of Liberty (Douglass), 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 message of, 1.1-1.2
part I, 1.1-1.2
part II, 1.1-1.2
part III, 1.1-1.2
part IV, 1.1-1.2
H
Hewell, John, 1 , 2 , 3
Hog Island, 1
Hogun, John, 1
Hornby, Edmond Grimani, 1.1-1.2 Enterprise claims and, 1
humanizing acts, 1.1-1.2
I
immigration demographics, 1
insurance claims, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2
international law, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Caroline and, 1 , 2 , 3
slaveholder rights under, 1.1-1.2
international slave trade efforts to end, 1.1-1.2
Supreme Court and, 1.1-1.2
UK and, 1.1-1.2
interstate slave trade, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2
Irving, Washington, 1 , 2
J
Jackson, Andrew, 1 , 2 , 3 chief justice nominations, 1.1-1.2
Remini on, 1
Jamaica revolt of 1831–1832, 1.1-1.2
James River, 1
Jamestown, 1
Jay, John, 1 , 2
Jay, William, 1.1-1.2
John Adams (USS), 1
Johnson, Andrew, 1.1-1.2
Johnson, Henry D., 1 , 2
Johnson, Sherman, 1
Johnson & Eperson, 1
Johnstone, Ben, 1 , 2
J. R. Giddings School, 1
Judiciary Act of 1807, 1
Judiciary Act of 1837, 1
Judson, Judge, 1 , 2
K
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, 1
Kendall, Amos, 1
Kennedy, John F., 1
Key, Francis Scott, 1 , 2
King, Samuel, 1 , 2 , 3
King, William R., 1 , 2.1-2.2
L
Lamb, William, 1
Last of the Mohicans (Cooper), 1
Legare, Hugh S., 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2
Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving), 1
Legree, Simon, 1
Leitner, Joseph, 1 , 2 protest and, 1
liberated slaves, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 on board Creole, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4
compensation for, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Liberty Party, 1
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Douglass), 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
literature, 1 abolitionist, 1
American, 1
Lockett, Edward, 1 , 2
Louisa, 1
Louisiana Purchase of 1803, 1
Louisiana Supreme Court, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Luther, Martin, 1
Luther v. Borden, 1
M
Macready, William C., 1
Madison, Dolly, 1.1-1.2
Madison, James, 1
Maine, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 Aroostook “War,” 1.1-1.2
Northeast border dispute, 1 , 2
March 13, 1824 treaty, 1.1-1.2
Marcy, William, 1
maritime laws, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Marshall, John, 1
Marshall, Thomas, 1
Massachusetts, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 Northeast border dispute, 1 , 2
McCargo, Theophilus, 1 , 2 as prisoner, 1
protest and, 1
McCargo, Thomas, 1 , 2 , 3
McCargo v. the Merchants Insurance Company of New Orleans, 1 , 2.1-2.2
McKinley, John, 1
McLean, John, 1 , 2 Prigg case and, 1
McLeod, Alexander, 1 in Tyler Presidential Message, 1.1-1.2
McLeod affair, 1.1-1.2 Claims Commission, 1.1-1.2
Merchants’ Insurance Company of New Orleans, 1.1-1.2 See also McCargo v. the Merchants Insurance Company of New Orleans
Merritt, William H., 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6.1-6.2 Protest and, 1
Mississippi Constitution 1832, 1.1-1.2
Mississippi Resolution, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Mississippi River system, 1
Missouri Compromise of 1820, 1 , 2 , 3
Monroe, James, 1
Monroe Doctrine, 1 , 2
Morgan, Margaret, 1
Morris, Elijah, 1 , 2 , 3
T
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Poe), 1
M
My Bondage and My Freedom (Douglass), 1
N
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Douglass), 1
Nassau, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 American consulate in, 1
council meeting, 1.1-1.2
Creole departure from, 1
Creole in harbor of, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2
population, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2
post-Creole affair era, 1.1-1.2
slaves in custody, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2
threats, 1.1-1.2
Nat Turner slave rebellion of 1831, 1 , 2 , 3
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“natural rights of personal liberty,” 1.1-1.2
N
Nelson, Samuel, 1 , 2
New Orleans, 1 , 2 , 3 Commercial Court of, 1 , 2
Creole in, 1.1-1.2 , 2
New Orleans Insurance Company, 1
New York, 1 , 2 , 3 See also Caroline affair See also McLeod affair
New York Antislavery Society, 1
Nicholas (Czar), 1
Northeast border dispute, 1 , 2
North Star, 1
Northup, Henry B., 1
Northup, Solomon, 1 , 2 , 3
O
O’Connell, Daniel, 1 , 2
OK Clubs, 1
Oregon country, 1
P
Pakenham, Richard, 1
Palmerston (Lord), 1
Panic of 1837, 1 , 2 Van Buren and, 1.1-1.2
Pearl, 1
Peel, Robert, 1 to preserve peace, 1
Pemberton, John, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Pennsylvania See Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1837, 1
People’s Constitution of 1841, 1 , 2
Personal Liberty law, 1
Pierce, Franklin, 1
piracy punishment, 1 , 2 , 3
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1 , 2
> Polk, James K., 1
presidential administrations, 1.1-1.2 1840 elections, 1
1836 elections, 1
Levee and, 1
See also specific administrations
President’s Square, 1.1-1.2
“
“President Tyler’s Address,” 1.1-1.2
P
Preston, William, 1
Prigg, Edward, 1
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2
Protest, 1 , 2
Province of Canada, 1 , 2
Purvis, Robert, 1
R
recession of 1837, 1
Rehnquist, William, 1
religions revival movement, 1.1-1.2
Remini, Robert V., 1 , 2
Republicans, 1
Republic of Texas, 1 , 2
Resolution of Censure, 1
Rhode Island See Dorr Rebellion
Rhode Island Assembly, 1
Richmond, 1 , 2
right of search, 1
Rip Van Winkle (Irving), 1
Rives, William Cabell, 1
Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society, 1
Royal Mail Steamer, 1
Royal Navy, 1 , 2 African slave trade and, 1 , 2
Rule 21, 1.1-1.2
runaway slaves, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 UK encouragement, 1
See also Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Russell, John, 1 , 2
Russia, 1.1-1.2
S
salvage goods, 1
Scott, Winfield, 1 , 2 , 3 Aroostook “War” and, 1.1-1.2
Caroline affair and, 1.1-1.2
Second Great Awakening, 1
Sedgewick, Theodore, 1
self-defense, 1 , 2
Seminole War of 1835, 1
Seward, William H., 1
shipwrecks, 1.1-1.2 Claims Commission, 1.1-1.2
Sixth Circuit Court, 1
Slaughter, Robert, 1.1-1.2
slaveholder insurance, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2
rights under international law, 1.1-1.2
slave power, 1 , 2
slavery in Bahamas, 1.1-1.2 , 2
Congress and, 1.1-1.2
Dickens and, 1.1-1.2 , 2
in New York, 1
petitions, 1.1-1.2 , 2
post-Creole affair era, 1.1-1.2
presidents and, 1.1-1.2
suffocation of, 1
Supreme Court and, 1.1-1.2
US-UK tension over, 1.1-1.2
slaves, 1 economy, 1
market poster, 1
point of view of Creole affair, 1
population, 1.1-1.2
promise of freedom made to, 1
UK action to free, 1 , 2.1-2.2
See also liberated slaves See also runaway slaves
slaves, on board Creole in custody in Nassau, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2
insurance disputes over freed, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2
liberated, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4
living quarters, 1
“natural rights of personal liberty” argument for, 1.1-1.2
release of, 1.1-1.2 , 2
See also specific people
slave ships, 1.1-1.2 Ashburton notes and, 1.1-1.2
Claims Commission, 1.1-1.2
Webster notes and, 1.1-1.2
See also specific ships
slave states, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
slave trade, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 American flag and, 1 , 2 , 3
See also African slave trade See also domestic slave trade See also international slave trade
Slidell, John, 1 post-Creole affair era, 1
Slidell, Thomas, 1 , 2 , 3 post-Creole affair era, 1
Smith, Joseph Jr., 1
Society for the Extinction of Slavery, 1
Somerset v. Stewart, 1
Southard, Samuel L., 1
Spain, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 See also United States v. Amistad
Spanish-US relations, 1
Spencer, John C., 1 , 2 , 3
Spencer, Joshua A., 1
Stanberry, William, 1
Stanley (Lord), 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4.1-4.2 , 5 post-Creole affair era, 1
Staples, Seth, 1
state-state conflict, 1
steam engine, 1
Stevens, Lucius, 1 , 2 , 3
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1
Stevenson, Andrew, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Story, Joseph, 1 , 2 , 3 Prigg case and, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Webster and, 1
Story, William, 1
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1 UK visit, 1
Sumner, Charles, 1 , 2
Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands (Stowe), 1
Suppression of the African Slave Trade (1842), 1
Supreme Court, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 circuits, 1.1-1.2
Creole affair and, 1.1-1.2
Fletcher v. Peck, 1
Gibbons v. Ogden, 1
Groves v. Slaughter, 1.1-1.2 , 2
Louisiana, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Luther v. Borden, 1
McCargo v. the Merchants Insurance Company of New Orleans, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Political Questions, 1
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3.1-3.2
Somerset v. Stewart, 1
United States v. Amistad, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4
Surrat, John Jr., 1
T
Taney, Roger B., 1 , 2 , 3 , 4.1-4.2 , 5
Tappan, Lewis, 1
Taylor, Alan, 1 , 2.1-2.2
Taylor, Zachary, 1
Temple, John, 1
Thirteenth Amendment, 1
Thomas, John A., 1 slave ship claims and, 1.1-1.2
Thompson (Justice), 1
Thompson, Smith, 1
Times of London, 1
Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1.1-1.2
“
“Tournament of Shadows,” 1
T
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, 1
Treaty of Washington See Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From a Cotton Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana (Northup, S.), 1
Tyler, John, 1 , 2 , 3.1-3.2 , 4 , 5.1-5.2 , 6.1-6.2 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 Adams on, 1.1-1.2 , 2
African slave trade and, 1
cabinet nominations, 1
on Caroline affair, 1
Civil War and, 1.1-1.2
Clay and, 1
death, 1
Dickens visit, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2
Dorr meeting with, 1
Dorr Rebellion and, 1.1-1.2
exodus against, 1
levee, 1
McLeod affair and, 1.1-1.2
oath taking, 1.1-1.2
post-Creole affair era, 1.1-1.2
presidential message, December 7, 1841, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2
“President Tyler’s Address,” 1.1-1.2
status, 1
UK special mission and, 1.1-1.2
Webster and, 1.1-1.2 , 2
Webster-Ashburton Treaty and, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3
Whig Party and, 1.1-1.2
U
UK See United Kingdom
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 1
United Kingdom (UK) abolition, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
action to free slaves, 1 , 2.1-2.2
in Afghanistan, 1.1-1.2
Douglass tour in, 1.1-1.2
international slave trade and, 1.1-1.2
investments in US, 1
Jamaica revolt of 1831–1832 and, 1.1-1.2
promise of freedom, 1
Republic of Texas and, 1
runaway slave encouragement, 1
special mission, 1.1-1.2
Stowe visit to, 1
as superpower, 1.1-1.2
See also specific territories and people
United States (US), 1 Ashburton arrival in, 1
Constitution, 1 , 2.1-2.2
context, 1.1-1.2
Dickens return to, 1.1-1.2
Dickens visit to, 1.1-1.2
Haiti-US relations, 1
immigration demographics, 1
largest cities, 1
political division, 1
population, 1 , 2
presidential trends, 1
religions revival movement in, 1.1-1.2
Spanish-US relations, 1
territories, 1
UK investments in, 1
See also Congress See also presidential administrations See also Supreme Court See also specific administration See also specific people and places
United States v. Amistad, 1 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1
Upham, Nathaniel G., 1.1-1.2 Enterprise claims and, 1
Upshur, Abel P., 1 , 2
US See United States
US Navy, 1 African slave trade and, 1 , 2
appropriations for expansion, 1.1-1.2
US-UK relations, 1.1-1.2 African slave trade interdiction and, 1.1-1.2
Aroostook “War,” 1.1-1.2
Caroline affair and, 1.1-1.2
change of players in, 1.1-1.2
deterioration in, 1.1-1.2
lack of trust in, 1
McLeod affair and, 1.1-1.2
Nassau and, 1.1-1.2
public opinion, 1
slave ships, 1.1-1.2
tension, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2 , 3 , 4
in Tyler presidential message, 1.1-1.2 , 2.1-2.2
See also Claims Commission See also Webster-Ashburton Treaty
V
Van Buren, Martin, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Amistad case and, 1
Caroline affair and, 1.1-1.2
chief justice nominations, 1
decline umpire role, 1
Enterprise and, 1
Panic of 1837 and, 1.1-1.2
Victoria (Queen), 1 , 2 Webster presented to, 1
A
A View of the Action of the Federal Government, in Behalf of Slavery (Jay), 1
V
Virginia, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 jurisdiction, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3
Nat Turner slave rebellion, 1 , 2
Virginia General Assembly, 1.1-1.2
W
Wade, Benjamin F., 1 , 2
War of 1812, 1.1-1.2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Bahamas and, 1
War of Independence, 1
Washington Creole affair in, 1.1-1.2
Dickens visit to, 1.1-1.2
See also Congress See also presidential administrations
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