History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 815 pages of information about History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1.

History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 815 pages of information about History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1.

  Greece, Negro civilization imitated by, 22.

  Greene, Col.  Christopher, commands a Negro regiment in 1778 at battle
    of Rhode Island, 368;
    his death, 369.

  Greene, Gen. Nathanael, letters to Washington on the raising of a
      Negro regiment, 342;
    on the enlistment of Negroes, the British army, 359;
    at battle of Rhode Island, 368.

  Greenleaf, Richard, sued by his slave, 204, 231.

  Guerard, Benjamin, governor of South Carolina, letter to Gov.  Hancock
      relative to slaves recaptured from the British, 380.

  Guyot, Arnold H., opinion on the diversity of the human race, 20.

  Habersham, James, favors slavery in Georgia, 318, 321.

  Ham, the progenitor of the Negro race, 8;
    family of, 9, 11;
    founder of the Babylonian empire, 9.

  Hamilton, Alexander, letter to John Jay on the enlistment of Negroes,
      354;
    opinion in regard to slaves captured by the British, 381.

  Hamilton, Dr., his connection with the Negro plot at New York, 160.

  Hancock, John, letter on the condition of the South-Carolina Negroes
      recaptured from the British, 378.

  “Hannibal,” sloop, Negroes captured from, 372.

  Harcourt, Col.  William, captures Gen. Charles Lee, 366.

  Harper, ——­, one of the founders of the colony at Cape Palmas,
      Liberia, 95.

  Harris, Rev. Samuel, describes bravery of Negro regiment at battle
      of Rhode Island, 369.

  Hawkins, Sir John, a slave-trader, 138.

  “Hazard,” armed vessel, recaptures Negroes, 376.

  Hendrick, Caesar, a slave, sues for his freedom, 204, 231.

  Hessian officer, letter on the employment of Negroes in the army, 343.

  Hillgroue, Nicholas, engaged in the slave-trade, 269.

  Hispaniola, slaves from Sierra Leone sold at, 138.

  Hobby, Mr., Negro in the army claimed by, 384.

  Hogg, Robert, a merchant of New York, robbed by Negroes, 145.

  Holbrook, Felix, petition of, for freedom, 133.

  Holland, growth of slavery in New Netherlands, 134;
    children of manumitted Negroes held as slaves to serve the
      government of, 135;
    slaves exchanged for tobacco, 136;
    engaged in the slave-trade, 463.

  Holt, Lord, his opinion that slavery was unknown to English law, 203.

  Hopkins, John H., views of slavery, 7, 8.

  Hopkins, Samuel, necessity of employing the Negroes in the American
      army, 338.

  Horsmanden, Daniel, one of the judges in the trial of the Negro plot
      at New York, 1741, 148.

  Hotham, Sir Charles, testimony in regard to the abolishment of slavery
      in Liberia, 105, 106.

  Hughson, John, his tavern at New York a resort for Negroes, 147;
    his connection with the Negro plot, 147;
    trial, 152, 157;
    sentenced to be hanged, 158;
    executed, 161.

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