extinction of slavery in,356.United States Freedman's Inquiry Commission, Dr. S. G. Howe's report for, on Canadian refugees,211.Universalist Church, result of appeal to societies of, in Massachusetts,99.Van Dorn, Mr., operator,88.Van Zandt, case of Jones vs.,262,278,282;S. P. Chase and W. H. Seward in case of,282;original of Van Tromp inUncle Tom's Cabin,322.Vaughanvs.Williams, case of,262.Vermont,emancipation in,17;rise of U. G. R. R. in,36;steam railroad transportation for fugitives through,81;public men, operators in,106,107;routes of,126,130;terminal stations in,145;personal liberty law of,245,246,309;emancipation by,293;amendment of personal liberty law by,354.Vermont Central Railroad,80,130,143,145.Vigilance Committee,of Philadelphia,3,4,8;of Boston,8;explanation of the origin of such bodies given by Theodore Parker,71;organization and work of Syracuse,71,72;account of Boston,72,73;account of the formation and rules of the Springfield (Mass.) "League of Gileadites,"73-75;of Philadelphia,75,76;Female Anti-Slavery Association organizes a,77;fugitives forwarded to New York City, by Philadelphia,80;agents of, in Baltimore,91,117;appeal to churches of Massachusetts, by Boston,98,99;Theodore Parker appointed counsellor of fugitives in Massachusetts by,110;fugitives sent by sea to Philadelphia,145;of Cincinnati, consulted by Mrs. Haviland,171;entreaties for aid to chairman of Philadelphia,232;Philadelphia committee in Christiana case,280;rescue of Jerry McHenry by Syracuse,320;work of, in Milwaukee in Glover case,328;work of Boston, in Burns case,331;Purvis' record of fugitives aided by Philadelphia,346,347.Vincent, James, counsel in fugitive slave case,284.Virginia,proposition to enslave free negroes in,26;knowledge of Canada among slaves in,26,28,29,37;abducting trip of Dr. A. M. Ross into,28;fugitives shipped in a box from,61;fugitives escaping by vessel from,81;runaways from,85,109,252,253,258;reward offered to Indians in, for apprehending fugitives,92;anti-slavery sentiment in Quaker meetings of,93;agent in Petersburg,118;natural route from Norfolk,118;slaves escaping from,144,145;visitation of, by abductor,151;abductor John Fairfield, of,153;involved in Brown's plan of liberation,167;Torrey's abduction of slaves from,169;abductions by Rial Cheadle from,179;knowledge of Canada spread by slaves from,182;Rev. George Bourne, a resident of,203;effect of slave-breeding in,228;Mason of, on difficulty of recapturing fugitives,243;prohibition of aid to fugitives in colonial,291;Madison, on slave clause in the Constitution before state convention of,294;desirous for extradition of fugitives from Canada,299;Mason of, author of Slave Law of 1850,311;Burns carried back to,333;RichmondEnquireron rendition of Burns,333;Brown's method to weaken slavery in,339;servile insurrection in,340;Moore on loss borne by slave-owners of his district in,341;Mason on loss sustained by slave-owners of,341;decline in slave population of panhandle counties of,343;fugitives from, recorded by Osborn,345;reasons for loyalty of western,354,355.Virginia and Kentucky resolutions,quoted by Wisconsin convention,328,329;quoted by mass convention at Cleveland, O.,336.Von Hoist, on the U. G. R. R.,1.Wabash and Erie Canal, thoroughfare for fugitives,142.Walker, Capt. Jonathan, work of, as an abductor,168,170,171.Walker, Edward, on the slave's desire for freedom,196.Walker, James, rescue of Piatt slaves by,282,283.Walker, Joseph G., disguise provided for fugitive by,67.Wambaugh, Prof. Eugene, on the dilemma involved in the Fugitive Slave laws,256n.War of 1812, knowledge of Canada spread by,27,28,301.War of Rebellion,Still's U. G. R. R. records concealed during,8;underground work terminated by,11;services of Harriet Tubman during,186,189;assaults on slavery justified by exigencies of,286,287;underground operations as a cause of,290,351,352,358;chances for escape of slaves multiplied during,355;resort of slaves to Union forces at the outbreak of,357.Ware, J. R., station-keeper,69,70.Washington, D.C., route from,117,125;abduction of slaves from, by Capt. Drayton,172,173;abduction of slaves from, by Wm. L. Chaplin,175,176;occurrence of last fugitive slave case under law of 1850 in,285.Washington, George, letters of, (1786,) relating to fugitives,33,68;Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 signed by,254;escaped slave of,295,324,325.Washington, Horace,27.Washington, Judge, in the case of Hillvs.Low,273.Washington, Lewis, agent,253.Weakley, case of Oliver vs.,276.Webster, Daniel, supports Fugitive Slave Bill,314,315;on the necessity of the enforcement of Fugitive Slave Law of 1850,320.Webster, Miss Delia A., assistant of Fairbank in abduction of Hayden and family,158,159.Weed, Thurlow, underground work of,108.Weeks, Dr. Stephen B., on underground work of the Coffins in North Carolina,117.Weiblen, John G., conveys fugitives by boat to Canada,83.Weimer, L. F., suit of, against Sloane,276,277.Weldon, John, method of, in transporting fugitives,61.Wesley, John and Charles, views of, on slavery question,94.Wesleyan Methodists, friends of fugitives,32;secession of, from M. E. Church,94;operators among,95,168.West, David, on the slave's desire for freedom,196.West, Hon. John, operator,107.West, Wm. H., counsel for Piatt slaves,282,283.Western Reserve, early escapes across,28,301;anti-slavery sentiment in,31,fugitive passengers from,35;routes across,123.Western Reserve College, anti-slavery influence of,115.Western Reserve Historical Society publishes pamphlet on "U. G. R. R.," by Prof. J. H. Fairchild,5.Western states, routes of,134-144.West Indian Emancipation, celebration of, by Canadian refugees,226,227.Weston, G. W., message of,58.Westwater, James M., hiding-place provided by,63.Wheaton, Chas. A., a leader in the Jerry rescue,326.Whig party, character of,100;vote of, on the Fugitive Slave Law,315;considers Compromise of 1850 a finality,320;disinclination to vote for Gen. Winfield Scott,321.Whipper, Alfred, school-teacher among the refugees,215.Whipple.SeeChas. Stephens.White, Addison, attempted seizure of,241;escape of, to Canada,234.White, Hon. Andrew D., letter of, on underground work of his father,80.White, Horace, railroad passes supplied to fugitives by,80.White, Isaac,29.White, John, slave befriended by Mrs. Haviland,171,172.White, Joseph, operator,97.Whitfield, views on the slavery question,94.Whitman, of Massachusetts, on the bill securing to claimant of runaway right to prove title in courts of his own state, etc.,297.Whitneys, of Concord, Mass., friends of Harriet Tubman,186.Whittier, John G., supporter of Liberty party,100;on work of Rev. Charles T. Torrey,170;stanza of "The Branded Hand," by, quoted,171.Wilberforce Colony in Canada, visited by Levi Coffin,200,220;origin of,218;Dr. J. W. Moore on progress of fugitives in,226,227.Willes, Rev. Dr., on refugee population in Canada,222.Willey, Rev. Austin, on escape of fugitives to New Brunswick,219.Williams, George W., the negro historian on U. G. R. R.,340.Williams, case of Vaughanvs.,262.Williams, John F., agent,41.Williams, Thomas, map of lines in Morgan County, O., by,136.Williams, W. B., on route from Washington, D.C.,117.Wilmington, Del., underground work of Thomas Garrett in,110,111;station for Harriet Tubman,118;movement of fugitives to,121.Wilmington, N.C., escape of slaves from,81,144,145.Wilson, Henry, on U. G. R. R.,1,37,114;on abductions by Rev. Charles T. Torrey,169;on number of fugitive settlers in Northern states,237.Wilson, John W., counsel in fugitive slave cases,283.Wilson, Rev. Hiram, receiving agent in Canada,126;mission kept by,194;schools supervised by,199,200;arranges with Canadian government for admission of supplies,202;founder of school for refugees,205;service of, in British and American Institute for refugees,206,207,220;on number of Canadian refugees,221.Windsor, Ontario, visited by Fairfield, the abductor,153,154;arrival of Brown and his abducted slaves in,165;private schools for negroes in,229.Winslow, Nathan, operator,133.Wisconsin, organized as free state,17,18;places of deportation in,82,116,147;personal liberty law of,246;Howe of, on law of 1850,286;Glover rescue in,327-330;determination of people of, shown in Booth case,330.Women's Anti-Slavery societies, supplies for passengers provided by,77.Woodford, Newton, indicted for helping fugitives,284.Woolman, John, precepts of,49.Work, Alanson, a party in the case of Burr, Work and Thompson,155,156.Worthington, O., early rescue of a fugitive in,38,84.Wrightvs.Deacon, case of,256,257.Wright, Judge Jabez, early operator,39.Wright, Peter, on the work of Canadian refugees,205.Wright, William and Phœbe, station-keepers,118n.Yokum, William, watchwords used by,57.Young, Rev. Joshua, operator,130.Yulee, of Florida, informs Senate of convention of runaway slaves in New York,313.Zigzag routes,62,131,141.