Serle,Ambrose,69,79,112,133
Sherman,Roger,57,95
Six Nations,43
slavery,20,52,96
avoidance of discussions of,x,41,22-3,55Jefferson and,59,62,65
sectional split over,93-4
smallpox,20,57,85,103
inoculation for,44,86,104,195n33
Society of the Cincinnati,176
South Carolina,48,91,157,167
slavery in,62,93-4
Sparta,165
Stamp Act (1765),6
Staten Island,34,127
British forces on,49-50,66,68-70,72,73,81,89,108,110British troops transported to Long Island from,112peace talks on,131,134,135,140,141,146,147Stedman,Charles,184
Stirling,Lord (Gen.William Alexander),41,73,159as British captive,124,129,146
on Long Island,109,116,map 117,118
submarines,75,138
Sullivan,James,22
Sullivan,General John,112-16,118,124,129-30Summary View of the Rights of British Americans(Jefferson),59,60,62Tallmadge,Major Benjamin,122,124-5
Tappan Zee,74
taxes,92,94,175
levied by British,6,82
proposed compromises on,9,130
resistance to,8,19,59,130,132
Thebes,165
Thoughts on Government (Adams),16-17Throg’s Neck,166-68
Ticonderoga,Battle of,33,37
Tilghman,Lt.Tench,123,161
Topsfield (Massachusetts),50-1,55
Tories,41,105,128,163-4
Trenton,Battle of,172
Trumbull,John,61,153
Turtle (submarine),138
Valley Forge,172,174
Vietnam War,208n21
Virginia,26,89,95
commitment to independence of,44,51-2,57,61constitution of,58,60,100
Continental Army troops from,143,154
Continental Congress delegates from,58-9,94slavery in,62

















