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Abby, 81, 92
    Kennett Square, Pa., 159, 161
    Kentucky, 119, 220
         decline of slavery in, 122
         fugitives originating in, 16, 21, 25, 105, 120, 195, 199, 214
         secession issue in, 218
    Keziah , 153
    kidnapping:
         of black children, 2, 50, 61, 212
         decline of, 78
         evolving public opinion opposed to, 78
         of free blacks, 2, 42, 50–52, 74, 90, 108–9, 125
         New York City law against, 50
         protection from, 61–62
         in rendition of fugitives, 38, 52, 58, 60–61, 64–66, 68–70, 109, 159, 214
         threats of violence against, 145–49
         of Trainer, 139
    Kidnapping Club, 52, 69
    Kimberton, Pa., 161
    King, Boston, 35, 36
    King, John A., 178
    Kingsland, Ambrose, 131–32
    Kirk, George, 112–14
    Kossuth, Lajos, 166
    Ladies’ Fair, 174
    Ladies’ Literary Society, 65
    Ladies’ New York City Anti-Slavery Society, 94
    Ladies’ societies, 168, 174, 180, 183–84, 187
    Lake George, N.Y., 227
    Lamon, Ward Hill, 222
    Lancaster, Pa., 101
    Lane, Anthony, 9
    Larrison, William Henry, 200
    Latham, Major, 200
    Latimer, George, 111
    Latimer, Rebecca, 111
    Latimer law, 111
    lawyers:
         antislavery, 68–70, 111, 112, 131, 137–39, 211, 220
         denied to fugitives, 39, 69, 169
          see also specific individuals
    League Island, 153
    Lee, John, 114–15
    Lee, Luther, 88
    Lee, Thomas, 115
    legal system:
         bias against fugitives in, 137–38
         colonial, 29
         corrupt practices in, 52, 60–61, 67–70, 72, 78–79, 133, 134, 143, 169, 214, 215
         costs in, 71
         freedom principle and, 38, 139–40, 212
         fugitive representation in, 2, 67–71, 90, 107–18, 133, 137–39, 141, 143–44, 216
         Fugitive Slave Law (1850) in, 126–27, 131–34
         individual conscience vs., 26, 156
         of North vs. South, 105
         in penalizing fugitive assistence, 21–22, 30–31, 153
         proceedings against kidnappers in, 78
         rendition in, 24, 36–38, 60–61, 72, 108–10, 169, 213
         state vs. federal jurisdiction in, 24–26, 38–39, 109–10, 113, 120, 125, 217, 224
         Vigilance Committee victories in, 138–41, 143–44
          see also specific laws and cases
    Leesburg, Va., 158, 196
    Lembrança , 107
    Lemmon, Jonathan, 140, 141, 142
    Lemmon, Juliette, 140, 142
    Lemmon decision, 141–42, 144, 219
         rival fund-raising campaigns in, 141
    Lenox, Mass., 183
    Leonard, William, Jr., 230
    Leonard, William H., 107, 172, 175, 176, 212, 213, 230
    “Letter to the American Slave,” 124
    Levi (slave), 120
    Lewey, Henry (Bluebeard), 152
    Lewey, Rebecca, 152
    Lewis, David, 158
    Lewis, Graceanna, 159–62
    Lewis, Laura, 199
    Liberator , 56, 62, 74, 82, 92, 95, 134, 138, 149, 181, 182, 223
    Liberia, 53
    Liberty Line, The (Gara), 13–14
    Liberty party, 81, 85, 86, 88, 89, 92, 96, 97, 100, 114, 146, 181
    Lincoln, Abraham, 47
         election of, 9, 218, 221
         Emancipation Proclamation of, 224
         inauguration of, 26, 221
         presidency of, 24, 142, 222, 228
         on slavery, 26, 217–18, 221–22
    Linton, Mahlon B., 161, 162
    Little York, Pa., 161, 207
    Lockley (free black), 60–61
    Loguen, Jermain W., 14, 105, 138, 146, 165, 179–82
         autobiography of, 180
         during and after Civil War, 227
    London, 50, 93
    Long, Henry, 130–32, 137
    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 144
    Longwood Meeting House, 161
    Loring, Edward G., 149–50
    Loudoun County, Va., 204
    Louisiana, 45, 56, 198
         fugitives originating in, 135
         slavery permitted in, 149
    Louisiana Purchase, 149, 216
    Louisville, Ky., 142, 214
    Lovejoy, Owen, 223
    Lowell, James Russell, 184
    Lower South, 120, 121, 198, 220
         secession issue in, 218
          see also cotton kingdom
    Lyons, Albro and Mary, 166
    Madison, James, biography of, 229
    Magdalen Society, 55
    Manhattan, 7, 34,