Up de Graeff, Derick, 28.

Up den Graef, Abraham, 28.

Uruguay, 144 n.

Utrecht, Treaty of, 207.

VAN BUREN, Martin, 79-80.

Van Rensselaer, Congressman, 108.

Varnum, J., Congressman, 105 n.

Venezuela, 144 n.

Vermont, 28, 57, 94, 226, 228, 232, 249.

Verona, Congress of, 139.

Vicksburg, Miss., 172, 181.

Vienna, Congress of, 135.

Virginia, first slaves imported, 28, 306;
  slavery in, 14;
  restrictions in, 19-22, 76;
  frame of government of, 21;
  “Association” in, 48, 52, 57;
  in the Federal Convention, 61, 62, 64, 71;
  abolition sentiment in, 74, 78, 83;
  attitude on reopening the slave-trade, 171, 173 n.;
  Colonial and State statutes, 201-04, 213-15, 219-20, 222, 226, 227,
    240, 249.

WALLACE, L.R., slave-trader, 131 n.

Waln (of Penn.), Congressman, 85.

“Wanderer,” case of the slaver, 180, 184.

Washington, Treaty of (1842), 148-50, 170, 172, 182, 185, 285, 286,
    288, 292.

Watt, James, 152 n.

Webster, Daniel, 147, 281.

Webster, Noah, 68.

Wentworth, Governor of N.H., 36.

West Indies, slave-trade to and from, 10, 13, 17, 25, 35, 37, 41, 42,
    46, 48, 50, 55, 114, 117, 141, 151, 275;
  slavery in, 13, 168, 193;
  restrictions on importation of slaves from, 26, 75, 76, 87;
  revolution in, 74-77, 84-88, 96-97;
  mixed court in, 151 n., 191.

Western territory, 81, 261.

Whitney, Eli, 153.

Whydah, Africa, 149.

Wilberforce, Wm., 134.

Wilde, R.H., 132.

“Wildfire,” slaver, 190 n., 315.

“William,” case of the slaver, 315.

Williams, D.R. (of N.C.), Congressman, 102 n., 109 n., 111.

Williamsburg district, S.C., 169.

Williamson (of S.C.), in Federal Convention, 59, 63, 65.

Wilmington, N.C., 88.

Wilson, James, in Federal Convention, 56, 58, 62, 70.

Wilson (of Mass.), Congressman, 295, 296, 298.

Winn, African agent, 158.

Winston, Zenas, slave-trader, 131 n.

Wirt, William, 118, 126 n., 130.

Woolman, John, 29.

Wright (of Va.), 126.

YANCEY, W.L., 171.

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