nson, Col. Thomas Wentworth, description of regiment of
Colored Troops commanded by, 304;
expedition into Georgia, 314.

Hildreth, Joseph, teaches Negro slaves in New York, 165.

Hill, Margaret, establishes school for Colored children, 209.

Hill, Stephen, representative of Baltimore in the first conference
of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Hinks, Brig.-Gen. Edward W., commands brigade of Negro troops at
the battle of Petersburg, Va., 336, 339, 346.

Holt, Joseph, letter to the Secretary of War on the enlistment of
slaves, 307.

Honey Springs, Ark., bravery of Negro troops at the battle of, 346.

Hooker, Maj.-Gen. Joseph, order in regard to harboring fugitive
slaves in the army, 249.

Hosier, Rev. Harry, first Negro preacher in the M. E. Church in
America, 466;
his eloquence as a pulpit orator, 466, 467.

Houston, Gen. Samuel, proposition to Congress on the admission of
California and New Mexico, 100, 101;
maintains Congress has no authority to prohibit or interfere with
slavery, 101.

Howard, Maj.-Gen. O. O. appointed Commissioner of the Freedmen's
Bureau, his report on schools established by the bureau, 385;
in charge of Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned
Lands, 398;
report, 399, 400.

Howland, Pero, free Negro, petitions for relief from taxation in
Mass., 1780, 126.

Huddlestone, William, teaches Negro slaves in New York, 165.

Humphreys, Richard, founder of the Institute for Colored
Youth, 176.

Hunter, Maj.-Gen. David, proclamation emancipating slaves, 257;
rescinded by President Lincoln, 258;
organizes Negro regiment, 278;
official correspondence with the Secretary of War, respecting the
enlistment of Negroes, 279, 280;
asks to be relieved of his command, 284;
outlawed by Jefferson Davis, 354.

Hunter, Rev. William H., establishes school for Colored people, 212.

Illinois, slave population in the territory of, 1810, 9,
1820, 22,
1830, 1840, 99;
first constitution, Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians exempted
from militia service, free Negroes required to produce
certificate of freedom, persons bringing slaves into, for the
purpose of emancipating, to give bonds, 122;
criminal code enacted, Negroes, Mulattoes, and Indians declared
incompetent to be witnesses, Act to prevent t