Henry, commands the 3d La. Regiment of
Colored Troops at the battle of Port Hudson, 320.

Fish, Hamilton, certifies the ratification of the fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution of the U. S., 421.

Fleet, John H., establishes a school for Colored children, 207, 208.

Florida, slave population, 1830, 1840, 99;
1850, 100;
proceeds of the sale of slaves added to the school-fund, 158;
secedes from the Union, 232; Gen. Hunter's proclamation
emancipating slaves, 257;
rescinded, 258;
number of Negro troops furnished by, 299;
represented in Congress by Negroes, 382;
comparative statistics of education, 388;
institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392;
ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
U. S., 422.

Follen, Rev. Mr., speech in support of resolution on anti-slavery, 80.

Ford, Mrs. George, establishes a school for Colored children, 207.

Forrest, Maj.-Gen., N. B., attacks Fort Pillow, demands its
surrender, orders the massacre of Negro soldiers, 360, 361;
testimony against his inhuman treatment of Negroes, 361-375;
commends the bravery of the U. S. soldiers, 368;
his conduct endorsed, 375.

Fort Gibson, Ark., bravery of the Negro troops at the battle of, 313.

Fort Mackinac, Mich., Negro sailors at, 28.

Fort Pillow, Tenn., defended by Union troops, refuse to
capitulate, 360;
massacre of the Negro soldiers, 360, 361;
testimony in regard to the massacre, 361-375;
Gen. Forrest commends the bravery of the U. S. soldiers, 368.

Fort Wagner, S. C., assault on, Negro regiment leads the
charge, 308, 313, 328, 329.

Forte, Sarah, verses on the Negro, 81.

Forten, James, his subscription to the "Liberator," 43.

Fortress Monroe, Va., first school for freedmen established at, 393.

Fortune, Charlotte L., her education, literary abilities, 450.

Foster, Gov. Charles, appoints Negro to office, 447;
one of the leaders of the Republican Party in the contest over
the electoral count of 1876, 521;
his speech on "a solid North against a solid South," 525, 526.

Foster, Col. John A., letter on the bravery of the Negro troops, 348.

Franklin, Jesse, his report against the modification of the
ordinance of 1787, in Indian Territory, 7.

Franklin, Nicholas, former slave, establishes a Colored school, 182.

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