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Abolitionism and American law / edited with introductions by John R. McKivigan.
LIBRA KF4545.S5 A92 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- History of the American abolitionist movement ; 5.
- History of the American abolitionist movement ; 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Law and legislation.
- Abolitionists.
- History.
- Antislavery movements.
- United States.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History.
- Abolitionists--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Garland Pub., 1999.
- Contents:
- The Slavery Provisions of the U.S. Constitution: Means for Emancipation / John Alvis 1
- The Compromise of 1787 / Staughton Lynd 27
- Quok Walker, Mumbet, and the Abolition of Slavery in Massachusetts / Arthur Zilversmit 54
- Was Slavery Unconstitutional Before the Thirteenth Amendment?: Lysander Spooner's Theory of Interpretation / Randy E. Barnett 65
- Legal Positivism, Abolitionist Litigation, and the New Jersey Slave Case of 1845 / Daniel R. Ernst 103
- Slavery and Abolition Before the United States Supreme Court, 1820-1860 / William M. Wiecek 132
- The Indiana Supreme Court and the Struggle Against Slavery / Sandra Boyd Williams 159
- The Kidnapping of John Davis and the Adoption of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 / Paul Finkelman 173
- Prigg v. Pennsylvania and Northern State Courts: Anti-Slavery Use of a Pro-Slavery Decision / Paul Finkelman 199
- State Constitutional Protections of Liberty and the Antebellum New Jersey Supreme Court: Chief Justice Hornblower and the Fugitive Slave Law / Paul Finkelman 231
- The Fugitive Slave Law: A Double Paradox / Larry Gara 267
- The Booth Cases: Final Step to the Civil War / Jenni Parrish 279
- Personal Liberty Laws and Sectional Crisis: 1850-1861 / Norman L. Rosenberg 321
- Kentucky, Canada, and Extradition: The Jesse Happy Case / Jason H. Silverman 342
- Abolitionists and the Civil Rights Act of 1875 / James M. McPherson 353
- Abolitionist Political and Constitutional Theory and the Reconstruction Amendments / David A.J. Richards 371.
- Notes:
- "A Garland series"--Series t.p.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0815331096
- OCLC:
- 42652703
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