A Disease in the Public Mind (58 page)

     
Garrison's commitment to immediate emancipation,
97–100

     
institutionalization of,
15–16

     
insurrections in early years,
23–24

     
Jefferson's
Notes on the State of Virginia,
35–37

     
Jefferson's opposition to,
29

     
John Brown's hatred of,
3–4

     
John Brown's raid,
1–2

     
media coverage of,
217–218

     
military service in the American Revolution,
32–35

     
monetary wealth of Southern slaves,
209–210

     
push for expansion of,
181

     
Quaker opposition to,
17–22

     
Saint-Domingue, excessive brutality of,
68–69

     
Stowe's views of,
201–202

     
The Liberator,
97–98

     
three-fifths stipulation at Constitutional Convention,
52–53

     
Virginia's situation,
123–128

     
Washington's hopes for emancipation,
55–56

     
Washington's political maneuvering over,
57–58

     
Washington's views on,
32–34

     
See also
Emancipation

Smallpox,
22

Smith, Gerrit,
221–222
,
237
,
245
,
268

Smith, Greene,
268

South Carolina,
95

     
American Revolution,
27

     
attack on Fort Sumter,
265–267

     
eagerness for war,
265

     
economic stagnation,
115–116

     
nullification,
120–121

     
slave patrols as prevention,
158

     
slave revolts,
23–25

     
tariff bills,
119–120

Spain,
16–17
,
50
,
72
,
152–153

Squatter sovereignty,
195

Stanton, Benjamin,
262

Stanton, Edwin,
310

Stearns, George Luther,
223
,
225
,
248

Stephens, Alexander,
273–274
,
280

Stevens, Aaron,
6

Stevens, Edward,
69
,
70

Stevens, William,
10

Stock market crash,
115–116
,
227

Stowe, Harriet Beecher,
187–190
,
201
–
203
,
311

Stuart, J. E. B.,
11–13
,
237
,
286

Sugar economy,
17
,
21
,
192–193

Sumner, Charles,
215–216
,
261
,
293

Supreme Court, U.S.,
153
,
182
,
230
,
304

Tallmadge, James,
91

Tammany Hall, New York,
112

Taney, Roger Brooke,
230
,
276

Tariffs,
115–117
,
119–120
,
181

Taxation,
25–26
,
48
,
51
,
58
,
119–120
,
208

Taylor, Stewart,
10

Taylor, Zachary,
168–170
,
182
,
195

Temperance,
130

Texas,
161–167
,
197

Thomas, John,
92–93

Thompson, George,
110–111

Thompson, Waddy,
151

Thompson, William,
10

Thoreau, Henry David,
224
,
226
,
244

Thoughts on African Colonization
(Garrison),
109

Timbucto,
222

Tobacco farming,
207

Tocqueville, Alexis de,
145

Toombs, Robert,
267

Tories,
100

Trade policy,
87–88

Travis, Joseph,
105

Treason,
12
,
89
,
120–121
,
240–243
,
312

Trist, Nicholas,
120

Truman, Harry S,
251

Tucker, St. George,
94

Turner, Nat,
105–107
,
123–124
,
270

Twigs, David,
255

Tyler, John,
165–167
,
256–260
,
265–266

Tyler, Julia,
258–259

Uncle Tom's Cabin
(Stowe),
187–190
,
201–205
,
238–239

Underground Railroad,
182
,
197

Unionists,
120
,
175
,
184
,
259
,
266
,
268–269
,
272
,
274
,
288
,
292
,
301–304

Utah,
183

Vallandigham, Clement,
14

Van Buren, Martin,
119–121
,
152
,
172

Varnum, James,
39–40

Vaughan, Arthur,
106

Vaughan, Eliza,
106

Vaughan, Rebecca,
105–106

Vermont,
84

Vesey, Denmark,
95–96

Virginia

     
Battle of Bull Run,
283–288

     
capital of the Confederacy,
280

     
examining the slavery situation,
123–128

     
Lee's fortification of,
282–283

     
Lee's leadership,
273–274
,
281–282

     
Lee's refusal of command of the Union Army,
269–270

     
Lincoln's response to secession,
264–265

     
political maneuvering to avoid secession,
265

     
secession,
255
,
278–279

Wade, Benjamin,
261
,
308
,
311

Walker, David,
158

Walker, L. P.,
265

War of 1812,
84–86
,
169
,
178–179

Washburne, Elihu,
262

Washington, Bushrod,
89

Washington, George

     
bankruptcy of the Continental Congress,
48

     
blacks in the military,
32–35
,
40–41
,
43
,
205
,
297–298

     
centralization of government,
51–54

     
death of,
64–65
,
106

     
Everett's biography,
254–255

     
Farewell Address,
59–60
,
309–310

     
foreign policy,
57–58

     
Garrison's criticism of,
101

     
importance of Farewell Address in Civil War,
302

     
Lafayette's imprisonment,
61

     
Laurens's death,
45

     
on John Quincy Adams,
174

     
preparation for war,
27

     
retirement,
63–64

     
stance on slavery,
47–48
,
55–56
,
62–63

     
Whiskey Rebellion,
58–59

Washington, Lewis W.,
6–7
,
12

Washington, Martha,
63–65

Wealth,
54–55
,
208–209

Webster, Daniel,
117–119
,
165
,
183–184

Weld, Theodore Dwight,
129–135
,
137
,
155
,
202

West Indies,
16–17
,
24
,
110–113
,
134–135
,
181
,
192–194

Westward expansion,
49–51
,
117
,
161–168
,
194–199
,
214

Wheatley, Phillis,
32–33

Whig Party,
100
,
135
,
153
,
164
,
172–173
,
182–184
,
214
,
219

Whipple, William,
40–41

Whiskey Rebellion,
58–59

Whitney, Eli,
54–55

Whittier, John Greenleaf,
144

Wilberforce, William,
100–101
,
109

Wilderness, Battle of the,
304

Williams, Orton,
273

Wilmot, David,
172

Wilmot Proviso,
172
,
183
,
198

Wilson, James F.,
295

Wise, Henry A.,
14
,
154
,
243
,
246
,
271

Woolman, John,
18–22

Wright, Henry C.,
247

Yellow fever,
73–74