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Author Lubet, Steven.

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

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

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Description 367 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Loring, Edward G. (Edward Greely), 1802-1890.
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780674047044 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0674047044 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780674059467 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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