rannicide," armed vessel, re-captures Negroes, 376.

Uchoreus, king of Egypt, 459.

Undi, African chief, 50.

United States, condition of the Colored population before the war of
1861, 96;
first statute establishing slavery in, 177;
slave population, 1715 and 1775, 325;
confederation of the, 374;
treaty with England, 382;
the Tory party in favor of slavery, 413;
the Whigs the dominant party in the Northern States, 414;
slavery recognized under the new government of the, 414;
anti-slavery agitation in, 414;
plan for the disposal of the Western Territory, 416;
proceedings of Federal Convention, 417;
slave population in 1790, 436.

United-States Congress, action on the disposal of recaptured Negroes,
374;
first session at New York, 1789, 426;
proceedings, 427;
memorials to, for the abolition of slavery, 432, 437;
discussion in, on the restriction of the slave-trade, 433;
prohibits the introduction of slaves into the Mississippi Territory,
440.

Upton, Samuel and William, emancipate their father's slave, 207.

Ury, John, his connection with the New-York Negro plot, 1741, 160,
162, 163, 166;
executed, 169.

Utrecht, the treaty of, to provide Negroes for the Spanish West
Indies, 236.

Van Twiller, Wouter, charged with neglect of public affairs in
New Netherlands, 249;
owner of Negro slaves, 250.

Varick, Caesar, charged with burglary at New York, 148.

Varnum, Gen. J.M., letter to Washington on the enlistment of Negroes,
346.

Vaughan, Col. James, Legislature of Rhode Island refund tax on two
child slaves imported by, 276.

Vermont, slave population, 1790;
admitted into the Union, 436.

"Victoria," ship, captures British privateer with Negroes, 376.

Virginia, slavery in, 115-133;
slaves first introduced, 116;
number of, 119;
forced on the colony, 119;
the first to purchase slaves, 119;
women purchased in England and sent to, 119;
number of slaves, 119, 120, 132, 133;
population, 120;
Assembly pass prohibition against Negroes, 121;
slavery legalized, 123;
Indians declared slaves, 124, 125;
Assembly protest against the repeal of the Act declaring Negroes
real estate, 125, 126;
impose duty on slaves and servants imported, 126, 127;
tax on slaves sold, 128;
reduced, 128, repealed, 1