South Carolina Volunteers, First Regiment of Colored Troops, 304, 306.

Southampton County, Va., Negro insurrection, 1831, 87-89;
militia ordered out, 89;
number of killed, 91.

Southern States, churches, libraries, and newspapers in the, 230;
number of troops furnished by, 300.

Spencer, Peter, representative of Wilmington, in the first
conference of the African M. E. Church, 452.

Stafford, Col., Spencer H., speech to the 1st La. Regiment of
Colored Troops before the battle of Port Hudson, 316.

Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, revokes order for the return
of fugitive slaves, 246;
correspondence with Gen. Hunter relative to Negro troops, 279, 280;
endorses the free military school for Negroes, 295;
commends the bravery of the Negro troops, 338;
his treatment of prisoners, in retaliation for cruel treatment
of captured Negroes, 354.

Stearns, Maj. George L., secures aid for the relief of Kansas, 216;
his connection with John Brown to free the slaves, 216-219;
superintends the recruiting of Negro troops, 294.

Stearns, Mrs. George L., personal recollections of John
Brown, 215-221.

Steedman, Col. James B., refuses to have his camp searched for
fugitive slaves, 246;
employs Negroes as teamsters, 260;
commends the bravery of Negro troops, 342.

Stephens, Alexander H., delegate from Georgia, to the convention
of the Confederate States, 232;
chosen Vice-President of the Confederate States, 233;
in favor of State rights, 230;
speech in favor of slavery, 235.

Stewart, Rev. Austin, his book "Twenty-two Years a Slave and Forty
Years a Freeman," mentioned, 59.

Still, William, founder of the underground railroad organization, 58.

Stokes, Richard, establishes school for Colored children, 209.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, her book "Uncle Tom's Cabin," published
in different languages, 60;
errors in her book, 546, 547.

Strawbridge, Robert, founder of Methodism in Baltimore, 465.

Strong, Brig.-Gen. George C., commands brigade at the assault on
Fort Wagner, 329, 330;
character of, 334.

Strong, Henry, counsel for Prudence Crandall, 156.

Summer, Charles, speech on "The Anti-Slavery Duties of the Whig
Party," 44;
leader of the political abolition party, 45;
his reasons for not supporting Robert C. Winthrop, for Congress,