a letter while in prison in regard to the attack on
Harper's Ferry, plan for the rescue of, 220;
instructions of, before the attack on Harper's Ferry, denies the
charges of murder, treason, or rebellion, desires only the
freedom of slaves, 222;
descendant of a revolutionary officer, 223;
in Ohio and Canada, matures his plan's for the attack, purchases
farm near Harper's Ferry, amount of arms under his control,
attack on Harper's Ferry, 224;
defeat, capture, and execution, 225;
last letter to Mrs. George Steams, 226;
his influence upon the slavery question at the North, place in
history, 227;
held his first convention, list of the members, 495.

Brown, John M., bishop of the African M. E. Church, 464.

Brown, Robert, establishes school for Colored children, 207.

Bruce, Blanche K., his birth, enslavement, secures his freedom,
education, 444;
removes to Miss., appointed sergeant-at-arms of the State Senate,
sheriff of Bolivar Co., chosen U. S. Senator, 445;
candidate for Vice-Presidency, appointed Register of the U. S.
Treasury, 446.

Bryan, Joseph, petitions Congress for a line of mail steam-ships to
the Western Coast of Africa, 53.

Buchanan, George, oration on the moral and political evil of
slavery, 1791, mentioned, 38.

Buchanan, James, in sympathy with the South, refuses military
support to Gov. Geary, 110.

Buell, Brig.-Gen. D. C., letter to J. R. Underwood on the return
of fugitive slaves to their masters, 248.

Bulkley, I., counsel for the prosecution in the trial of Prudence
Crandall, 156.

Bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands, established, 398;
report, 399.

Burling, Thomas, mentioned, 166.

Burns, Francis, bishop of the M. E. Church, 469.

Burnside, Maj.-Gen., Ambrose E., orders the arrest of two free
Negroes, 244;
proclamation protecting slave property, 248;
services of Negro troops at the siege of Petersburg, commanded by,
341, 342.

Butler, Maj.-Gen., Benjamin F., letter to Gen. Scott, declaring
slaves contraband of war, 250;
orders the employment of Negroes for fatigue duty, calls for the
enlistment of free Negroes, 287;
outlawed by Jefferson Davis, 354, 359;
establishes military savings-bank for Negroes, 403.

Cain, R. H., bishop of the African M. E. Chur