Higginson, Col. T. W., indictment of,103;connection with U. G. R. R.,105,132;on continued residence of fugitives in Massachusetts after passage of law of 1850,250;part of, in attempted rescue of Burns,331,332.Hillvs.Low, case of,273.Hill, Leverett B.,88.Hill, Milton,88.Hinton, Richard J., on escapes through Kansas,114;on John Brown's plan of liberation,166,167;on Dr. A. M. Ross,183n.;on refugee population in Canada West,221,222.History of Anti-Slavery Days, reminiscences by W. B. Fyffe entitled,6.History of Springfield, Mass., account of Connecticut River route in,127.Hodge, D. B., on abduction by Canadian refugee,152.Holmes, of Massachusetts, objections of, to bill of 1817 as basis ofnew Slave Law,297.Holt, Horace, special conveyance of, for fugitives,60.Hood family,15.Hood, John,14.Hooper, John H., agent,253.Hope, A. R., author ofHeroes in Homespun,2,5.Hopkins family,87.Hopkins, Capt. Amos, stowaway on brig of,81.Hopper, Isaac T., methods of secret emancipation early practised by,34,35,346,347;fugitives sent by sea by,145.Hoppess, Statevs., case of,256,257,259,262,263.Hossack, John, indicted for helping fugitives,284.Howard, Col. D. W. H.,37.Howard, Edward, early operator,37.Howard, Senator Jacob M.,106.Howe, Senator, of Wisconsin, bill for repeal of Fugitive Slave Law introduced by,286.Howe, Dr. S. G., on escape of slaves,43,44;on abductions by Canadian refugees,152;on origin of U. G. R. R.,192;on effect of Slave Law of 1850,194;on reception of fugitives in Canada,201;on Elgin Settlement,208,209;criticism of refugee colonies by,212-214;on organizations for relief of fugitives,217;on number of colonies in Canada,219;on refugee population of Canada,220-222;on condition of farmers among Canadian refugees,224,225;on their thrift,226n.,227;on their morality,228;on their ability to read and write,230;on their taxable property,232;on their value as citizens,234.Hubbard, of Connecticut, on enlistment of colored soldiers,288.Hubbard and Company, fugitives shipped from warehouse of,148.Hudson, David, early operator,37.Hughes, Thomas,49.Hunn, Ezekiel, operator in Delaware,117.Hunn, John, operator in Delaware,117.Hunt, N. A., on abducting methods of Mission Institute,155,156.Hurlburt, Chauncey,16.Hyde, Udney, agent of U. G. R. R.,69;defender of fugitive Addison White,334.Illinois,U. G. R. R. in southern,14,15;prospect of organization of, as a slaveholding state,18;anti-slavery sentiment in,31;anti-slavery Southerners in,32,41,91;rise of U. G. R. R. in,41,42;secret operations at Dwight,61;reputed president of U. G. R. R. in,69;underground helpers in,70,88,92;transportation for fugitives by rail in,79;emancipated slaves in,93;Owen Lovejoy of, declares in Congress his right to aid slaves,107;Rev. Asa Turner on hidden thoroughfares in,114;population of various parts of,115;favorable situation of,134;distribution of lines in,135;chart of route in,139;trend of lines in, broken lines and isolated place-names in,141;deportation of fugitives from Chicago,147;abductors at southern extremity of,151;abducting enterprises at Quincy,155;vigorous work by abolitionists of,194,195;failure of, to pass full personal liberty law,246;arrest of Owen Lovejoy and others, for aiding fugitives,283;spirit of nullification in,333.Illinois Central Railroad,79,144.Illinois River, a thoroughfare for fugitives,82.Immediate abolition,early advocates of,303-306;Garrisonian movement,307;early formulation of principle of, in underground neighborhoods,357.Independent, the, on escape of slaves from Missouri after 1850,194;on "Ohio Underground Line,"195.Indiana, Levi Coffin in,4,40,41;newspaper contributions on routes of southern,7;Grant County route in,15,16;prospect of organization of, as a slaveholding state,18;anti-slavery Quakers in,31;beginnings of the U. G. R. R. in,40,41,117;Clay on enforcement of law of 1850 in,48;slave-hunters in,53,54,65;aid rendered by Female Anti-Slavery Association in,77;transportation by rail in,79,144;emancipated slaves in, important underground centres in,93;secret work of Quakers in eastern,94;favorable situation of,134;distribution of routes in,135;Falley's map of lines in,137-139;direction of routes in,140;Fountain City route in, broken lines and isolated place-names in,141;abductors along southern boundary of,151;capture of abductor Concklin in,161,162;personal liberty law of,245,246;rescue in,275,276;principles of Rev. James Duncan, of southeastern,304-306;vote of United States senators from, on law of 1850,314.Indians, effect of removal from Gulf states,26,308;aid given fugitives by,37,38,91,92;hospitality of, in Canada,203;Dawn Institute attended by,207.Indian Territory, fugitives from,284.Insurrection of slaves, Brown's plan to arouse,166-168;danger of, lessened by the U. G. R. R.,340.Intelligencer, the, on "evil" of running off slaves,194.Iowa, reminiscences of the "Early Settlement and Growth of Western,"7;John Brown's journey through,8,9,164;organized as free state,18;anti-slavery Quakers in,31,33;rise of U. G. R. R. in,42,43;escape of Nuckolls' slaves through,52;transportation by rail in,79;Methodist operators in,95;underground lines in,98,114,135,136;direction of routes in, broken lines and isolated place-names in,141;abductors along frontier of,151;underground activity of abolitionists of,194,195;failure of, to pass full personal liberty law,246;capture of operators in,284.Irdell, on fugitive slave clause in Constitution,294.Irish settlers, underground work among,92.Jackvs.Martin, case of,256,257,260.Jackson, Andrew, supported by Illinois on nullification question,333.Jackson, Francis, letter of, regarding church contributions for fugitives,99.Jackson, William,132;on settlement of Queen's Bush, Canada,204,205.Jacksonville, escape from,81,145.Jacob, Gov. Richard T., pardons abductor Fairbank,159,160.Jefferson, Thomas, "abolition tract" by,31.Jerry rescue.SeeRescue of Jerry McHenry.Johnson, attorney-general of Pennsylvania, on unconstitutionality of Fugitive Slave Law,264.Johnson family, fugitive settlers near Detroit,236.Johnson, Gabe N., operator,64.Johnson, H. U., author ofFrom Dixie to Canada,2;characterization of his book,4.Johnsonvs.Tompkins, case of,273,274.Johnson, William, incident given by, showing misinformation about Canada among slaves,197.Johnston, Rev. N. R., letter of, on capture of abductor Concklin,161.Johnston, William, cause of flight of,27.Johnston, William A., on beginnings of U. G. R. R. in Ohio,39.Jolliffe, Amos A., on routes in western Pennsylvania,123.Jolliffe, John, counsel for fugitives,282.Jones, John W., colored agent,128,143,252,253.Jones, of Georgia, brings charges against the North on account of U. G. R. R.,351.Jones, of Indiana, vote of, on the Fugitive Slave Law,314.Jones, Thomas, on dissatisfaction in Refugees' Home Settlement,216.Jonesvs.Van Zandt, case of,262,274,275.Jones, William Box P., transportation of, as freight,60.Jury trial, denial of, to fugitives,256,257.Kagi and Stephens, responsible for shooting of David Cruse on Brown's raid,163;arranges for eastern trip of Brown,164,165;Brown's plan of liberation related by,166,167.Kanawha River, a thoroughfare for fugitives,82.Kansas, Brown's journey through,8,9,136,162-164;R. J. Hinton on escape of slaves through,114,119;personal liberty law of,246;Bowles' letter on work of underground station of Lawrence,347-350.Kansas-Nebraska Act, appeal to the churches evoked by,99;mass-meetings in opposition to,328;relation of Glover and Burns cases to,331.Kauffman, Daniel, prosecution of,102.Kelly, Abby, disowned by Uxbridge monthly meeting,49.Kelsey, Capt., master of an "abolitionist" boat,82.Kenderdine, John,274.Kentucky, news of Canada early brought into,27;abducting trip of Dr. A. M. Ross into,28;knowledge of Canada among slaves in,28,29,37;negotiations of, with adjoining free states for extradition of fugitives,47;slave-hunters from,53,54;abduction of slaves from Covington,61;fugitives from,85,109;Rev. John Rankin in,109,306;underground routes from,119;incident of rescue from plantation of,153;abduction of the Hayden family from Lexington,158;visit of Mrs. Haviland to, for purpose of abducting slaves,171,172;Henson's abduction of slaves from,177,178;Elijah Anderson, abductor, imprisoned in,183;abductions from, by John Mason,184;Canadian refugees from,195;effect of slave-breeding in,228;John Van Zandt, anti-slavery man from,274,275;rescue of fugitives escaped from,275,276;Mallory of, on repeal of law of 1850,288;resolution of, against admission of slaves to Canada, desirous of extradition of fugitives from,299;Margaret Garner, a fugitive from,302;petitions Congress for protection for slaveholder,311;complaint of, against the free states,312;residence of Harriet Beecher Stowe on borders of,321;Senator Atchison of, on loss sustained by slave-owners of border states,341;fugitives from, recorded by Osborn,344,345;Senator Polk on losses of, through underground channels,352;reasons of, for remaining in the Union,354,356;insistence of, on retention of Fugitive Slave Law by the government,356.Kidnapping, of free persons in the North between 1850 and 1856,240;along southern border of free states,295;petition of Baltimore Quakers for protection of free negroes against,296,318;case of,318.Kightlinger, Jacob, informer,50,51.Kilbourne, Col. James, aids in rescue of a fugitive,38,84.King, on the proposition to prohibit slavery in the Northwest Territory,293.King, Rev. William,207-209,212;projector of Elgin Settlement,202,207;testimony of, concerning the settlement,208,209;on morality of Elgin Settlement,216;on the civil offices held by Canadian refugee settlers,233.Kinjeino, Chief, friend of fugitives,37,38,92.Kirkpatrick family, operators,87.Kirtland, Dr. Jared P., station-keeper,104.Knox College.SeeGalesburg, Ill.Knox, Hon. Joseph, counsel in fugitive slave case,284.Knoxville, Ill., multiple routes of,141.Lake Shore Home Magazine, chapters of "Romances and Realities of the Underground Railroad" in,4.Lane Seminary, secession of students from,97.Langdon, Jervis, agent,128,252;forwards fugitives by rail,143.Langston, fined for aiding fugitives,279.Larnard, Hon. E. C., counsel in fugitive slave case,284.Latimer case,337.Lawrence, James,162.Lee, Judge Thomas, letter of, concerning family of fugitives,58,59.Leeper, H. B., on beginnings of U. G. R. R. in Illinois,41,42;on number of negroes aided,88.Leeper, John, early operator,41.Leland, Judge E. S., counsel in fugitive slave cases,283,284.Leonard, Mr., slave aided by,154.Letters of underground men,10,11.SeeCorrespondence.Letters on Slavery, by Rev. John Rankin,308.Lewis, Elijah, part in Christiana case,280,281.Liberator, the, hiding-place over office of,63;on flight of slaves after enactment of law of 1850,249,250.Liberty party,in national politics,100;Gen. Samuel Fessenden, nominee of, for governorship of Maine and for Congress,106;part of Gerrit Smith in organization of, in New York,107;motives of abolitionists for joining,306;disavowal of fugitive recovery clause in Constitution by,310;convention of, in Syracuse during Jerry rescue,318,320;abolitionists' share in organization of,326.Lightfoot, James, befriended by Josiah Henson,177,178.Lincoln, Abraham, intervention of, in behalf of the abductor C. Fairbank,159,160;Proclamation of Emancipation by,287;signs bill repealing Fugitive Slave Law,288;mentioned,330;election of, signal for secession,352;efforts of, to preserve the Union,355.Linton, Seth, on an abduction by Canadian refugee,152.Livingston and La Salle counties, Ill., chart of simple line through,139.Lockhart, Rev. Jesse,32.Loguen, Rev. J. W., agent,126,251;first experience in Canada,198;passenger on U. G. R. R.,340.Loring, Edward G., on the power of a commissioner,271;Burns remanded to slavery by,332;removed from the office of judge of probate,333.Loring, Ellis Gray,133;counsel for fugitive slaves,283.Louis, escape of, from court-room in Cincinnati,85.Louisiana, effect of purchase of,26;abducting trip of A. M. Ross into,28;fugitives from,109;escape of abductor John Mason from New Orleans,185;Canadian refugees from,195;Elgin Settlement projected by Wm. King, former slaveholder of,202,207.Louisville, Ky., agent in,151.Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad,79,144.Lovejoy, Elijah P.,107,171.Lovejoy, Hon. Owen, defies Fugitive Slave Law in Congress,107;arrested for aiding fugitives,283.Low, case of Hillvs.,273.Lowell, poem of, read at the funeral of Charles T. Torrey,170.Lower Canada, underground route via Portland, Me., to,133.Lucas, Geo. W. S., colored agent of U. G. R. R.,70.Lundy, Benjamin,308.McClurkin, Jas. B. and Thomas,14,15.McCoy, William, reward for abduction of,53.McCrory, Robert,38.McHenry, Jerry, rescue of,72,86,239,318,320,326;place of embarkation of, for Canada,127.McIntire, Gen., a Virginian operator,88.McKiernon, on fate of abductor Miller,161,162.McKim, J. Miller, on organization of Philadelphia Vigilance Committee,75.McLean, Judge, on the power of a commissioner,270-272.McQuerry, case of Millervs.,269,271.McQuerry, George Washington, seizure of,241.Madison, on the fugitive slave clause in the Constitution,294.Mad River Railroad,78,143.Magazine of Western History, on U. G. R. R.,5.Magill, Dr. Edward H., on lines of travel in eastern Pennsylvania,122.Mahan, Rev. John B., reward for abduction of,53;on abduction of slaves from the South,150.Maine, rise of U. G. R. R, in,37;steam railroad transportation for fugitives in,80,81;stowaways on vessels from Southern ports arrive in,81;Gen. Samuel Fessenden, an operator in,106;routes of,133,134;personal liberty law of,246.Mallory, of Kentucky, on repeal of Fugitive Slave Law,288.Mann, Mrs. Horace, friend of Harriet Tubman,