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Fugitive justice : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial

Title
  1. Fugitive justice : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial / Steven Lubet.
Published by
  1. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2010.
Author
  1. Lubet, Steven

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Description
  1. 367 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  1. Loring, Edward G. (Edward Greely), 1802-1890
  2. United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
  3. Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- United States
  4. Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
  5. Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
  6. Antislavery movements -- United States
Contents
  1. Slavery and the Constitution -- The Missouri equilibrium -- The compromise of 1850 -- But we have no country -- A traitorous combination -- Prosecution at Independence Hall -- Sir, did you hear it? -- Athens of America -- Kidnapping again! -- The height of cruelty -- Judge Loring's predicament -- Freedom on the Western reserve -- The son betrays and the father indicts -- Votaries of the higher law -- An irrepressible conflict.
Call number
  1. Sc E 10-1623
Language
  1. English
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Lubet, Steven.
Title
  1. Fugitive justice : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial / Steven Lubet.
Imprint
  1. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2010.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN
  1. 2010012950
ISBN
  1. 9780674047044 (alk. paper)
  2. 0674047044 (alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. Sc E 10-1623
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