of Negroes as soldiers, 286;
resigns from the army, 287.

Philadelphia, Colored citizens of, send memorial to Congress,
against the slave-trade, 2;
anti-slavery newspaper, published, 38;
national anti-slavery convention, 44;
conventions of the people of color, 61, 68;
prominent Colored men, 134;
amount paid for their freedom, 134;
churches, 135;
first Colored school established, 172;
Quakers establish school, 174;
number of public schools, condition and population of the Colored
people, 175;
Negro troops recruited, 293;
free military school for Negroes established, 295-298;
first American Methodist conference, 465.

"Philanthropist" (The), office destroyed by a mob, 51.

Phoebe _vs._ Jay, case of, mentioned, 120.

Pickett, Maj.-Gen. J. E., letter to Gen. Peck, relative to killing
of Negro soldier after surrender, 357.

Pierce, Rev. Charles, minister of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Pierce, Franklin, nominated for President of the United States, 106;
elected, in favor of slavery, 107.

Pillsbury, Parker, member of the heterodox anti-slavery party, 48.

Pilmoor, Joseph, member of the first American Methodist
conference, 466.

Planciancois, Anselmas, color-sergeant of the First Louisiana
Regiment of Colored Troops, his reply on receiving the colors
of the regiment, 316, 319;
bravery and death, 319.

Poindexter, Rev. James, Colored Baptist minister, 476, 503.

Port Hudson, La., bravery of the Negro troops at the battle
of, 308, 313, 317, 318, 322, 345.

Port Royal, S. C., first regiment of loyal Negroes, organized, 278.

Porter, Henry, his connection with the Negro insurrection in
Southampton Co., Va., 87.

Potter, Henry, establishes school for Colored children, 183.

Poyas, Peter, his connection with the Negro plot in Charleston,
S.C., 1822, 22.

Presbyterian church, the first Colored, Washington, D. C.,
organized, 189.

Prout, John W., establishes school for Colored children, 185, 186;
opposed to the emigration of Negroes to Liberia, 185.

Providence, R. I., Colored school abolished, 178.

Quakers, emancipate their slaves, 35, 38;
establish school for Negroes, 174;
contribute money for the education of the latter, 198, 199.

Quincy, Ill., the Free Mission Institute destroyed by a mob, 159.

Quincy, Josiah, signs