See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

JOSHUA See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

REED See also:

• JOSHUA REED GIDDINGS (1795-1864)

GIDDINGS (1795-1864)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American statesman, prominent in the See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery conflict, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Tioga Point, now See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, on the 6th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1795 . In ,8o6 his parents removed to See also:

• ASHTABULA

Ashtabula county, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, then sparsely settled and almost a See also:

• WILDERNESS

wilderness . The son worked on his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• FARM

farm, and, though he received no systematic See also:

• EDUCATION

education, devoted much See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to study and See also:

• READING

reading . For several years after 1814 he was a school teacher, but in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1821 he was admitted to the Ohio See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar and soon obtained a large practice, particularly in criminal cases . From 1831 to 1837 he was in See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin F . See also:

• WADE (or WAAD), SIR WILLIAM (1546-1623)
• WADE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1800-1878)
• WADE, GEORGE (1673-1748)
• WADE, SIR THOMAS FRANCIS (1818-1895)
• WADE, THOMAS (18o5-1875)

Wade . He served in the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state legislature in 1826-1828, and from See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1838 until See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1859 was a member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national House of Representatives, first as a Whig, then as a See also:

• FREE

Free-soiler, and finally as a Republican . Recognizing that slavery was a state institution, with which the Federal See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government had no authority to interfere, he contended that slavery could only exist by a specific state enactment, that therefore slavery in the See also:

• DISTRICT

District of See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia and in the Territories was unlawful and should be abolished, that the coastwise slave-See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in vessels flying the national See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag, like the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international slave-trade, should be rigidly suppressed, and that See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress had no See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to pass any See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act which in any way could be construed as a recognition of slavery as a national institution . His attitude in the so-called " See also:

• CREOLE (the Fr. form of criollo, a West Indian, probably a negro corruption of the Span. criadillo, the dim. of criado, one bred or reared, from criar, to breed, a derivative of the Lat. creare, to create)

Creole See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

Case " attracted particular See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . In 1841 some slaves who were being carried in the brig " Creole " from See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton Roads, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, to New . See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, revolted, killed the See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, gained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, and soon afterwards : entered the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• NASSAU

Nassau . Thereupon, according to British See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, they became free .

The minority who had taken an active See also:

• PART

part in the revolt were arrested on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of See also:

• MURDER

murder, and the others were liberated . Efforts were made by the See also:

• UNITED

United States government to recover the slaves, See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster, then secretary of state, asserting that on an American See also:

• SHIP

ship they were under the See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction of the United States and that they were legally See also:

• PROPERTY

property . On the 21st of March 1842, before the' case II was settled, See also:

• GIDDINGS, JOSHUA REED (1795-1864)

Giddings introduced in the House of Representatives a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of resolutions, in which he asserted that " in resuming their natural rights of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty " the slaves " violated no law of the United States." For offering these resolutions Giddings was attacked with rancour, and was formally censured by the House . Thereupon he resigned, appealed to his constituents, and was immediately re-elected by a large See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority . In 1859 he was not renominated, and retired from Congress after a continuous service of more than twenty years . From 1861 until his See also:

• DEATH

death, at See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal, on the 27th of May 1864, he was U.S. See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in See also:

• CANADA

Canada . Giddings published a series of See also:

• POLITICAL

political essays signed " Pacificus " (1843); Speeches in Congress (1853); The Exiles of See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida (1858); and a See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion: Its Authors and Causes (1864) . See The See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua R . Giddings (See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, 1892), by his son-in-law, See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian (1817–1899), a Free-See also:

• SOIL

soil See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader and a representative in Congress in 1849-1851, a Republican representative in Congress in 1861-1871, a Liberal Republican in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1872, and afterwards a Democrat .