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Author Lubet, Steven.

Title Fugitive justice : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial / Steven Lubet.

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

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Description 1 online resource (367 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
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 -- Epilogue: Harpers ferry and beyond.
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Subject United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
Loring, Edward G. (Edward Greely), 1802-1890.
Loring, Edward G. (Edward Greely), 1802-1890.
Loring, Edward G., 1802-1890 (Loring, Edward Greely)
United States. Fugitive Slave Law (1850)
Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850)
Trials (Political crimes and offenses) -- United States.
Trials (Political crimes and offenses)
United States.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Slavery -- Law and legislation.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Antislavery movements.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lubet, Steven. Fugitive justice. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010 9780674047044 (DLC) 2010012950 (OCoLC)555658518
ISBN 9780674059467 (electronic book)
0674059468 (electronic book)
9780674047044
0674047044