Perry, Commander, U.S.N., 162.

Perry, Jesse, slave-trader, 131 n.

Perry, Robert, slave-trader, 131 n.

“Perry,” U.S.S., 162, 165.

Petitions, of Abolition societies, 56, 79-81, 83, 84;
  of free Negroes, 85, 86.

Pettigrew (of S.C.), 176.

Philadelphia, 162, 166.

Pinckney, Charles (of S.C.), in Federal Convention, 58-60, 65.

Pinckney, C.C. (of S.C.), in Federal Convention, 59-63, 64.

Pindall, Congressman, 122 n., 123 n.

Piracy, slave-trade made, 124-25, 140, 141, 146, 149, 155 n.

Pitkin, T. (of Conn.), 99 n., 104 n.

Pitt, William, 134.

Plumer, Wm. (of N.H.), 127.

Pollard, Edward, 176.

Pongas River, Africa, 129.

Portugal, treaties with England, 135, 137, 145 n., 150, 256;
  slaves in colonies, 46, 133;
  abolition of slave-trade by, 136, 144 n.;
  use of flag of, 144.

Presidents.  See under individual names.

Price of slaves, 163.

Prince George County, Va., 49.

Privy Council, report to, 134.

Proffit, U.S.  Minister to Brazil, 164.

Prohibition of slave-trade by Ga., 15, 75;
  S.C., 17, 89;
  N.C., 19;
  Va., 20;
  Md., 22;
  N.Y., 26;
  Vermont, 28;
  Penn., 28, 29;
  Del., 31;
  N.J., 32;
  N.H., 36;
  Mass., 37;
  R.I., 40;
  Conn., 43;
  United States, 110;
  England, 135;
  Confederate States, 188. 
  See also Appendices.

Providence, R.I., 42.

Prussia at European Congresses, 135-36, 139, 147, 281.

Pryor, R.A. (of Va.), 171.

QUAKERS.  See Friends.

Quarantine of slaves, 16.

Quebec, 52.

Quincy, Josiah, Congressman, 100 n., 102 n.

Quintuple Treaty, 145, 147, 281.

RABUN, Wm., Governor of Ga., 127.

Ramsey, David (of S.C.), 69.

Randolph, Edmund, in the Federal Convention, 58, 59, 63.

Randolph, John, Congressman, 106-07.

Randolph, Thomas M., Congressman, 108.

Registration of slaves, 16, 132 n., 258, 260.

Revenue from slave-trade, 87, 90, 95, 111, 112. 
  See Duty Acts.

Rhode Island, slave-trade in, 34, 35, 85;
  restrictions in, 40-43;
  “Association” in, 48;
  reception of Constitution by, 72;
  abolition societies in, 42, 74, 83;
  Colonial and State legislation, 200, 203, 213, 214, 222, 223, 224-25,
    227-30, 233.

Rice Crop, 17, 20.

Right of Search, 137-42, 145 n., 148-51, 156, 183, 185, 191, 256, 295.

Rio Grande river, 176.

Rio Janeiro, Brazil, 145, 160, 162.

Rolfe, John, 25.

Royal Adventurers, Company of, 10.

Royal African Company, 10-11.

Rum, traffic in, 35, 36, 50.

Rush, Richard, Minister to England, 138.