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Author Robertson, Lindsay Gordon.

Title Conquest by law : how the discovery of America dispossessed indigenous peoples of their lands / Lindsay G. Robertson.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  346.730432 R547c 2005    ---  Available
Description xiii, 239 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index.
Contents The Illinois and Wabash land companies : purchases and petitions -- Harper -- Before the court -- Unforeseen complication : the complex politics of early republican federalism -- The opinion -- Legacies -- Afterword -- Appendix 1: the 1810 memorial -- Appendix 2: the agreed statement of facts and federal objections to the claims.
Subject United Illinois and Wabash Land Companies -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- United States -- History.
Indian land transfers -- History.
Land titles -- Illinois -- History.
Land titles -- Indiana -- History.
United States. Supreme Court -- History.
Constitutional history -- United States.
ISBN 019514869X
9780195148695
Standard No. YDXCP 2142430
NZ1 8885591

 
    
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