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Autore |
Lubet Steven |
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Fugitive justice [[electronic resource] ] : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial / / Steven Lubet |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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