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AFC06
PJA05
PJA07
PJA12
79
89
PJA13

subentries

mentioned14

DCA05
354*
DCA06
284*
291*
292*
323*
325-327*
396-397*
407-408*
DCA07
214*
294*
315*
395*
DCA08
38-39*
PJA10
249

conventions6

DCA01
DCA02
93

CFA comments on5

DCA07
272-273*
xvii*
DCA08
31*
50*
54*

those carried off by British, discussed in peace negotiations5

DJA02

British seizure of3

PJA11

in S.C.3

PJA09
PJA10

JA's comments on3

DJA01
285
DJA02
14
36

proposals for abolition of3

reported use of, as soldiers3

PJA11
93
95
96

validity in England3

LJA02
56
57

(No. 42)1

LJA02

AA on2

AFC07

AA's comments on2

AFC01

and Declaration of Independence2

PJA04

cases concerning2

LJA01
LJA02

CFA and2

DCA01

incompatibility with American Revolution2

PJA03
19
20

JA on proposal to enlist an African American battalion2

PJA03
PJA04
469

manumission of2

PJA01

proposal to free2

PJA03
19
PJA04

proposed conquest of Quebec by2

PJA03
19
20

U.S. and slave trade2

PJA09

Van Buren's policies2

DCA07
199*
DCA08
88*

writings on2

DCA07
267*
DCA08
282*

actions by for freedom, Nos. 38-421

LJA02

Amer. love of luxury compared to Old Testament1

AFC07
71

and annexation of Texas1

DCA07
304*

and Missouri question1

DCA01
4

and tobacco cultivation1

DJA02
216

as British allies1

PJA11
261

as taxable estate1

LJA02
56

as taxable property, debated in Continental Congress1

DJA02

basic potential of, defended1

PJA04
455

British incitement of1

PJA10
204

Brit. payment for Amer. slaves liberated during Revolution1

AFC07
374

CFA on1

DCA05
355*

claims from War of 18121

DCA01
48

Coles against in Illinois1

DCA02
12

curfew for, act regarding1

LJA02
55

drain on Congress' resources1

PJA10
234

emancipation of Phoebe Abdee1

AFC07
75

factor in British success in lower South1

PJA10

fear of insurrection by1

PJA03
20

freed by Lord Dunmore1

PJA03
20

Gov. Martin and, in N.C.1

PJA04
128

in McDuffie amendment debates1

DCA02
35

institution in southern colonies, No. 421

LJA02

in West Indies1

DCA01
289

JA's attitude toward1

PJA03
390

JA's attitude toward slave trade1

DJA03
177

Jefferson has slave accompany daughter to Europe1

AFC07
410

Joshua Steele ameliorates condition of slaves in Barbados1

AFC02
287

JQA accused of favoring1

DCA01
68

JQA comments on1

DCA07
389-390*

Laurence Sterne on1

AFC07
52

legal basis for, No. 391

LJA02

number of slaves owned by William Blake1

AFC07
70

petitions against and Gag Rule1

DCA08
223*

practice trades in Md.1

DJA02
261

prisoners of Barbary States forced into1

AFC07
136

reaction to British cruelty1

PJA11
63

resolution in Congress against importation of1

DJA03
377

Sarsfield's essay on1

DJA03
16

suit by, in Newport v. Billing1

DJA03
289

Trowbridge's and JA's comments on1

AFC01
135
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