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Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States at January term, 1842 : in which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states / by Richard Peters.

Slavery and Anti-Slavery, Part 3: The Institution of Slavery Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Prigg, Edward.
Contributor:
Peters, Richard, 1780-1848.
United States. Supreme Court.
Pennsylvania. General Assembly.
Series:
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part III: The institution of slavery.
Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part III: The institution of slavery
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Prigg, Edward--Trials, litigation, etc.
Prigg, Edward.
Fugitive slaves--United States.
Fugitive slaves.
Slavery--United States--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
Slavery.
Trials--Pennsylvania.
Trials.
Pennsylvania--Trials, litigation, etc.
Pennsylvania.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (140 p.).
Other Title:
Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1842.
Notes:
Reproduction of the original from the The American Antiquarian Society.
OCLC:
423586599

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