| abolitionist movement, 109, 111, 116, 177 | |
| Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, 81, 105 | |
| Adams & Co., 244 | |
| African Americans, 7, 9, 12, 20, 59, 81, 114, 130, 145, 148, 248; and American citizenship, 103, 104, 236; and slavery in California, 109, 111; challenge California's Fugitive Slave Law, 109; improved conditions for, 118, 250; in Gold Rush, 105; migrate to Canada, 111, 117; organize first Convention of Colored Citizens, 116 | |
| Agua Fria, 42 | |
| Ah Goon, 60 | |
| Alameda County, 15 | |
| Alcatraz Island, 130, 131, 225, 228, 229, 246, 249, 250 | |
| Alemany, Most Reverend Joseph Sadoc, 85 | |
| Alexander, Barton S., 255, 256 | |
| Allegorical View of the Conquest of the Continent (lithograph), 127; see also Plate 1 | |
| Allen, R. T. P., 244 | |
| Alpine County, 11 | |
| Alvitre, Felipe, 81, 82 | |
| Amador County, 33, 206 | |
| Amadór, José Maria, 100 | |
| American Express Company, 244 | |
| American Home Missionary Society, 129 | |
| American (“Know Nothing”) Party, 47, 81, 146, 147, 218 | |
| American Progress (painting), 127 | |
| American River, 204, 220 | |
| American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), 177, 179 | |
| Anderson, Robert, 149 | |
| Angel Island, 51 | |
| Angels Camp, 33 | |
| Anthony, Susan B., 179 | |
| Anza Trail, 100 | |
| Arkansas Act, 235 | |
| Army Corps of Engineers, 256 | |
| Arrow (brig), 227 | |
| Ashburner, William, photo of, 21 | |
| Ashley, Delos R., 150, 156 | |
| Asian Americans, 7, 12, 130. See also Chinese | |
| Athearn, Chandler, Hoffman, and Angell (attorneys), 85 | |
| Atherton, Gertrude, 120 | |
| Auburn, 205 | |
| Aurora, 43, 45 | |
| Austin, Nev., 44 | |
| Averill, Chester, photo of, 21 |
| Bad Company (book), 30 | |
| Baehr, Ferdinand, 150 | |
| Baird, Spencer F., 257 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Taming the Elephant: Politics, Government, and Law in Pioneer California.
Contributors: John F. Burns - Editor, Richard J. Orsi - Editor.
Publisher: University of California Press.
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA.
Publication year: 2003.
Page number: 277.
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