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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460075303321

Autore

Lubet Steven

Titolo

Fugitive justice [[electronic resource] ] : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial / / Steven Lubet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-674-05946-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

342.7308/7

Soggetti

Trials (Political crimes and offenses) - United States

Fugitive slaves - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Slavery - Law and legislation - United States

Antislavery movements - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.