forts at, garrisoned by Negro troops, 345.

New York, slave population, 1800, 2,
1810, 9;
Legislature passes resolutions against the extension of
slavery, 16;
slave population, 1820, 22;
authorizes the enlistment of Negro troops in the War of 1812, 23;
convention of the Anti-Slavery Women of America, 80;
slave population, 1840, 99;
right of suffrage granted to every male inhabitant, 163,
amended, 163, 164;
rights of Negroes denied, 164;
number of Negro troops furnished by, 299;
ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
U. S., 422.

New York African Free School, organized, 165;
list of the trustees, sketch of, school destroyed by fire, 166;
Lafayette's address to the scholars, 168.

New York City, prominent Colored men of, 134;
school for Negro slaves, 1704, 164, 165;
Negro plot, 164;
Negroes prohibited the use of the streets, kidnapped, N. Y.
African Free School organized, 165;
school-house destroyed by fire, 166;
public schools for Colored children, 168-170;
Union League Club raise Colored troops, 292;
draft riot, Colored Orphan Asylum burned by mob, 328;
first Methodist Episcopal chapel erected, 465.

New York Public School Society, assumes control of the Colored
schools, 168.

New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves,
organized, 165.

"New York Times" (The), articles on Negro troops, 284, 301, 313,
314, 320.

"New York Tribune" (The), articles on Negro troops, 303-307, 353.

Nichols, Manuel, his testimony in regard to the Fort Pillow
massacre, 361.

Nickens, Rev. David, Colored Baptist minister, 476.

Norfolk, Va., military savings-bank for Negroes established, 403.

North Carolina, slave population, 1800, 2, 1810, 9, 1820, 22, 1830,
99, 1840, 1850, 100;
Colored schools abolished, education of Negroes prohibited, 170;
number of Negro troops furnished by, 300;
comparative statistics of education, 388;
institutions for the instruction of Negroes, 392, 393;
ratifies the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the
U. S., 422.

Northup, Solomon, narrative of, mentioned, 59.

Noxon, Thomas, teaches Negro slaves in New York, 165.

Oberlin College, Colored students admitted to, 172.

O'Connell, Daniel, extract of speech against slavery, 43.

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