Slave rebels, abolitionists, and southern courts : the pamphlet literature / [edited with an introduction by] Paul Finkelman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Southern States--Cases.

African Americans.

Abolitionists--Legal status, laws, etc--Southern States--Cases.

Abolitionists.

Criminal law--Southern States--Cases.

Criminal law.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Southern States--Cases.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Other Title:

Slave Rebels, Abolitionists, and Southern Courts

Place of Publication:

Clark: Lawbook Exchange,

Contents:

v. 1. Trial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the March term, 1819, in the Frederick County Court, for a misdemeanor (courtesy of the Library of Congress) / David Martin

Negro plot : an account of the late intended insurrection among a portion of the blacks of the city of Charleston, South Carolina (courtesy of the Library of Congress) / James Hamilton, Jr.

Reflections, occasioned by the late disturbances in Charleston, by achates (courtesy of Yale University Library) / Thomas Pinckney

A brief sketch of the trial of William Lloyd Garrison, for an alleged libel on Francis Todd, of Massachusetts (1830) (courtesy of the Library of Congress) / William Lloyd Garrison

A brief sketch of the trial of William Lloyd Garrison, for an alleged libel on Francis Todd, of Newburyport, Mass. (1834) (courtesy of the Library of Congress) / William Lloyd Garrison

Confession of Nat Turner, leader of the negro insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, made to Thomas R. Gray (courtesy of the Library of Congress) / Nat Turner

Amos Dresser's narrative (courtesy of Cornell University Library)

The narrative of Amos Dresser, with Stone's letters from Natchez, an obituary notice of the writer, and two letters from Tallahassee, relating to the treatment of slaves (courtesy of Cornell University Library)

Narrative of the arrest, lynch law trial, and scourging, of Amos Dresser, at Nashville, Tennessee, August, 1835 (courtesy of Oberlin College Library) / Amos Dresser

The trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. charged with publishing and circulating seditious and incendiary papers, etc. in the District of Columbia, with the intent of exciting servile insurrection (courtesy of the Library of Congress).