Fugitive justice [electronic resource] : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial / Steven Lubet.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780674059467 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0674059468 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (367 p.)
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
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General Note: | CatMonthString:mar.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:mar.15.13 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Epilogue: Harpers ferry and beyond. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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