186.Maps of U. G. R. R., method of preparation of,113;general map, facing113;map of lines of Chester and neighboring counties of Pennsylvania, facing113;lines in Morgan County, O.,136;map of lines of Indiana and Michigan in 1848,138;map of simple route through Livingston and La Salle counties, Ill.,139;map of network of routes through Greene, Warren and Clinton counties, O.,140.Marsh, Gravner and Hannah, subjected to espionage,50;conveyance of fugitives in market wagon by the latter,60,61.Martin, case of Jackvs.,256,257,260.Martin, Lewis, case of,256,257,259,260,263.Maryland, abducting trip of A. M. Ross into,28;knowledge of Canada among slaves in,28,29;fugitive shipped in a box from Baltimore,60;number of slaves abducted from, by Charles T. Torrey,88;reward offered to Indians for apprehending fugitives by,91,92;underground routes in,117;steady loss from counties of,119;movement of fugitives to Wilmington,121;agents of U. G. R. R. in Baltimore,151;escape of, and abductions by Harriet Tubman from,186-189;Canadian refugees from,195;fugitives from, in western Pennsylvania,276;law against hospitality to fugitive slaves in,291;resolution of legislature of, against harboring fugitives,298;Rev. Geo. Bourne, a resident of,303;Pratt of, on loss sustained by slave-owners of his state,341.Mason, John, abductor,178,183-185.Mason, Lewis, counsel in fugitive slave case,284.Mason, of Massachusetts, on trial by jury for fugitives,297.Mason, of Virginia, on difficulty of recapturing fugitives,243;on the Fugitive Slave Law,311,312;on loss sustained by slave-owners of his state,341.Massachusetts, extinction of slavery in,17;anti-slavery Quakers in,31;rise of U. G. R. R. in,36,37;steam railroad transportation for fugitives in,80;refusal of German companies from, to aid in restoration of runaways,92;underground centres in,94;Constitution burned at Framingham,101;Defensive League of Freedom proposed in,103,104;Theodore Parker, spiritual counsellor for fugitives in,110;routes through,128-130,132;escape of slaves from Virginia to,144;estimates of fugitive settlers in Boston and New Bedford,235;indignation meetings in, against Slave Law of 1850,244;personal liberty law of,245,246,309;consternation among fugitive settlers in Boston caused by law of 1850,246-248;continued residence of fugitives in, after enactment of law of 1850,250;removal of fugitives from Pennsylvania to, after passage of law of 1850,250;underground men among fugitives in,251,252;case of Commonwealthvs.Griffith tried in,258,259;emancipation by,293;Holmes of, on House Fugitive Slave Bill of 1817,297;Mason of, on House bill,297;early pursuit in Boston and New Bedford,302;anti-slavery societies of,327;spirit of resistance to law of 1850 in,327;public opinion in, after rendition of Burns,333;amendment of personal liberty law of,354.Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, report of, on evasion of slaves,193.Massachusetts Bay, law of, against aiding fugitives,292.Matchett, Dr.,16.May, Rev. S. J., connection with U. G. R. R.,105,109,131,132;on Southern helpers of U. G. R. R.,116;friend of Harriet Tubman,186;visits of, to Canadian refugees,199;on number of fugitive settlers in Northern states,237;on instances of regard paid to Fugitive Slave Law,238;on Rev. J. W. Loguen,251;one of leaders in the Jerry rescue case,326.Mechanicsburg, O., importance of stations at,69,70;attempted seizure of Addison White in,241.Merritt, Wm. H., colored operator,92.Messages, underground,56-58.Methodist Church, schism in,40,49;action against slavery taken by,94;secession of the Church South,95.Methodists, Wesleyan, friends of fugitives,32,235;separation of, from M. E. Church,50.Methods, employed by some abductors,151,171,179,181,182,187.Mexico, a refuge for fugitive slaves,25;fugitive clause in treaty with United States of,299.Michigan, station in,16;organized as free state,18;anti-slavery Quakers in,31;steam railroad transportation in,79;number of fugitives forwarded through Schoolcraft,88;Senator J. M. Howard an operator at Detroit,106;stations in,116;number of routes in,135;Falley's map of lines in Indiana and,137,138,139;direction of routes in,141;steam railway branches of U. G. R. R. in,144;supplies for fugitives sent to Detroit,203;settlement of fugitives at Detroit,236;personal liberty law of,246;flight of slaves from Detroit, after enactment of law of 1850,250.Michigan Central Railroad,79,144.Midland Monthly, the, on U. G. R. R.,5.Miller,318.Miller, a depot agent for "fugitive goods," near Detroit,203.Miller, alias Seth Concklin,161.Miller, Col. Jonathan P., operator,107.Miller, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, on use of a station on the St. Lawrence,127n.Milligan, Rev. J. S. T., letter of,13,14.Milligans, the, in southern Illinois,15.Millervs.McQuerry, case of,269.Minnesota, failure to pass full liberty law in,246.Minnis, Wm.,65.Mission for refugees in Canada,194.Mission Institute at Quincy, Ill.,155;anti-slavery spirit of,155,156.Mississippi, abducting trip of A. M. Ross into,29,30;escape of slaves by boat from,82;involved in Brown's scheme of liberation,167;Jefferson Davis of, on escape of fugitives from cotton states,312,313;fugitive from Vicksburg, recorded by Osborn,344.Mississippi River, a thoroughfare for fugitives,82,312,313;routes traced from,134;terminals along,136.Missouri, Brown's raid into,8,108,162-166;knowledge of Canada among slaves in,29;Galesburg, Ill., a refuge for runaways from,97;Grinnell, Ia., a refuge for runaways from,98;egress of slaves from,136;Chicago, the deportation point for fugitives from,147;abductions from,152;abduction from, by Burr, Work and Thompson,156;effects of John Brown's raid in,165;number of slaves escaping from,194;escape of Wm. Wells Brown from,252;grievance of, on account of loss of slaves,312;Lawrence, Kan., as known in,347;Senator Polk of, on the U. G. R. R.,351,352.Missouri Compromise (1820),100;fugitive slave clause in,298;set aside by Kansas-Nebraska Act,331;together with law of 1850 produces crop of personal liberty bills,245,246,338.Mitchell, fined for aiding fugitives,279.Mitchell, Daniel, operator,131.Mitchell, Gethro and Anne, operators,131.Mitchell, Hon. Thomas, message sent by,58.Mitchell, Rev. W. M., author ofThe Underground Railroad,2,3;account of naming of the U. G. R. R. given by,45,46;on abductor John Mason,183,184;on number of Canadian refugees,222;opinion of Canadian government on fugitives as settlers reported by,233;on slave-hunting in Northern states,239.Monroe, Prof. James, on effect on public sentiment of Margaret Garner case,303.Montreal, objective point of fugitives,140.Moore, Dr. J. Wilson, on progress made by refugee settlers in Canada,226,227;on civil offices held by refugees,233.Moore, Eliakim H., on early assistance of fugitives,38.Moore, of Virginia, on loss sustained by slave-owners of his district,341.Moores, the, station-keepers,15.Morgan County, lines through portion of,136,137."Moses," name given to Harriet Tubman,186.Mott, Richard, M.C., operator,92,106.Mullin, Job, on early operations,38.Multiple and intricate trails,61,62,70,121,130,141-146.Myers, Stephen, colored agent of U. G. R. R.,70,126.Nalle, Charles, forcible rescue of,85.Nashville Daily Gazette, on trial of Richard Dillingham,174,175.Nationality of underground helpers,91,92.Neall, Daniel,68.Nebraska, escape of Nuckolls' slaves from,52;egress of slaves from,136.Negroes, proposition to enslave free,26;settlements of, resorted to by fugitives,32;settlements of, in southern Ohio,115;in New Jersey,125;relative progress of colored people of Canada and free, of United States,227;affiliations of voters among Canadian,233;rights of, violated by Fugitive Slave Law,261;participation of, in rescue of fugitives,276,332;petition against kidnapping of,296;increase in number of fleeing, after passage of law of 1850,316;arrest of free,317,318.Nelson, Dr. David,96; abducting enterprises of,155.Nelson, Judge, in decision in case of Jackvs.Martin,257;on the Fugitive Slave Law,272.New Bedford, Mass., estimate of fugitive settlers in,235,236;Frederick Douglass in,251.Newberne, N.C., agent in,68,81,117;escape of slaves from,144.New Brunswick, Canada, routes to,133,219.New England, information secured concerning underground lines in,11;slavery extinguished in,17;anti-slavery settlement in,31,93,171;rise of U. G. R. R. in,36,37;fugitives from the South landed on coast of,81,144;extent of underground system in,113;settlers in Ohio from,115;fugitives sent to,121,125;routes of,128-134,219;direction of routes in,140,195,219;terminal stations in,145;career of Lewis Hayden in,158;stipulation for return of fugitives in agreement of Confederation of 1643,292;memorial asking repeal of Fugitive Slave Law, from Quakers in,324;sentiment in, adverse to the South's treatment of the compromises,331.New England Anti-Slavery Society, annual meeting of, at time of attempted rescue of Burns,382.New England Magazine, on Underground Railroad,5,6.New Garden, Ind. See Fountain City, Ind.New Hampshire, rise of Underground Railroad in,36,37;routes of,132,133;failure to pass full personal liberty law in,246;early opposition to Fugitive Slave Law of 1793,295.New Haven, agreement of colony of, with New Netherlands for surrender of fugitives,19.New Jersey, slavery extinguished in,17;anti-slavery Quakers in,31;rise of Underground Railroad in,34;routes of,120,121,123-125;abductors along southern boundaries of,151;settlement of fugitive slaves among Quakers at Greenwich,236;sanction to Fugitive Slave Law,246;slave-owner from, prosecuted,274;penalties in, for transporting fugitives,291,292.New Netherlands,agreement of colony of, with New Haven for surrender of fugitives,19;aid prohibited to fugitives in,290,291.New Orleans, escape of abductor John Mason from, to Canada,185.Newspapers, accounts of Underground Railroad in,6,7;anti-slavery,168.Newton, case of Norrisvs.,275,276.New York, E. M. Pettit, conductor in southwestern,4;slavery extinguished in,31;rise of U. G. R. R. in,34,35;special agent in Albany,70;effect of rescue of Jerry McHenry in central,72;supplies for fugitives provided by Women's Anti-Slavery Society of Ellington,77;steam railroad transportation in,80;anti-slavery sentiment among Friends in,93;favorable conditions for U. G. R. R. in western,115;character of population in,115;routes of,120-128;direction of lines in,140;broken lines and isolated place-names in,141;terminal stations in,145,146;in the Patriot War,193;settlement of fugitives in,236;condemnation of Jerry rescue by many newspapers,239;seizure of alleged fugitive in Poughkeepsie,241;indignation meetings at Syracuse against law of 1850,244,320;personal liberty law of,245,246;flight of slaves from,250;agents in,251-253;abduction of free negroes from,269;colonial law of, to prevent escape of fugitives to Canada,292;address to slaves by liberty party convention in,310;address of Seward of, in behalf of fugitives,313;Jerry rescue in Syracuse,318;convention at Syracuse, sends congratulatory message to Wisconsin,328,329.New York City, U. G. R. R. in,35;Vigilance Committee of,71;indignation meeting at Syracuse against Fugitive Slave Law,244.New York Central Railroad,80.New York Tribune, letter from John Brown to,8,9,165,166.Niagara River, important crossing-places to Canada along,146.Nicholson, Valentine, method of disguise of fugitive employed by,64,65.Nomenclature of stations in New Jersey,124.Norfolk, Va., escape by boat from,81,144,145;natural route for escape of slave from,118.Norrisvs.Newton, case of,275,276.North American Review, on reclamation of fugitives in the North,243.North Carolina, Levi Coffin in,4,111;reminiscences relating to,11;organization of U. G. R. R. in, (1819,) by Vestal and Levi Coffin,40;escape of slaves from,81,144,145;anti-slavery sentiment among Quakers in,93;involved in Brown's plan of liberation,167;Canadian refugees from,195;law against aiding fugitives in colonial times,292;Iredell on slave clause in Constitution before state convention of,294;Clingman of, on value of fugitive settlers in Northern states,341.Northern Central Railroad,80,122,128,143,252,253.Northern states, lack of formal organization in underground centres of,69;steam railroad transportation for fugitive slaves in,78-81;denunciation of law of 1850 in,90,243,244,318;list of, through which the underground system extended,113,114;most used underground routes in,119;congested district in,120,121;favorable situation of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for underground work,134;sea routes to,144;reception of abductor Capt. Walker in,170,171;effect of recital of Capt. Walker's experience upon,171;appeal of fugitives to anti-slavery people in,191;formation of lines of Underground Road in, during decade 1828-1838,193;Canadian refugees visited by abolitionists from,199-201;effect of apprenticeship of colored refugees in,204,212,213;settlement of fugitives in,235;number of and risks of fugitive settlers in,237-240;slave-hunting in,240,241;effect of Fugitive Slave Law on fugitive slaves in,241,242,246-248;increased difficulty of reclamation in,242,243;personal liberty laws enacted by,245,246;exodus of fugitives from,249,250;continued residence of fugitive slaves in, after law of 1850,250,251;underground men among fugitives in,251-253;first Fugitive Slave Law stirs popular sense of justice in,255;antagonism between state and federal Fugitive Slave laws,259-260;non-interference of law of 1793 with laws of,263;laws of, dealing with subject of fugitive slaves,264;disinclination of, to restore fugitives after Prigg decision,265;possibility of abduction of free negroes from, under law of 1850,268,269;counsel for fugitives in,281-285;attitude of people toward proposed Fugitive Slave Bill of 1860,286;object lessons in horrors of slavery in,290;