Author: Salmon Portland ChasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slave law of 1793
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Reclamation of Fugitives from Service
Author: Salmon Portland ChasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slave law of 1793
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Reclamation of Fugitives from Service
Author: S. P. ChasePublisher:
ISBN: 9781330601389
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Excerpt from Reclamation of Fugitives From Service: An Argument for the Defendant, Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, at the December Term, 1846, in the Case of Wharton Jones Vs; John Vanzandt Mr. Chief Justice And Judges: I beg leave to submit to your consideration an argument in behalf of an old man, who is charged, under the act of Congress, of February 12, 1793, with having concealed and harbored a fugitive slave. Oppressed, and well nigh borne down by the painful consciousness, that the principles and positions, which it will be my duty to maintain, can derive no credit whatever from the reputation of the advocate, I have spared no pains in gathering around them whatever of authority and argument the most careful research, and the most deliberate reflection could supply. I have sought instruction wherever I could find it; I have looked into the reported decisions of almost all the state courts, and of this court; I have examined and compared state legislation and federal; above ail, I have consulted the constitution of the Union, and the history of its formation and adoption. I have done this, because I am well assured, that the issues, now presented to this court for solemn adjudication, reach to whatever is dear in constitutional liberty, and whatever is precious in political union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Reclamation of Fugitives from Service
Author: Salmon Portland ChasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slave law of 1793
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Reclamation of Fugitives from Service
Author: Salmon Portland ChasePublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781357029418
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
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Reclamation of Fugitives from Service. an Argument for the Defendant, Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, at the December Term, 1846, in the Case of Wharton Jones Vs. John Vanzandt
Author: Salmon Portland 1808-1873 [From ChasePublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781355482918
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Reclamation of Fugitives from Service
Author: Salmon Portland ChasePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil
Author: Mark A. GraberPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139457071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil , first published in 2006, concerns what is entailed by pledging allegiance to a constitutional text and tradition saturated with concessions to evil. The Constitution of the United States was originally understood as an effort to mediate controversies between persons who disputed fundamental values, and did not offer a vision of the good society. In order to form a 'more perfect union' with slaveholders, late-eighteenth-century citizens fashioned a constitution that plainly compelled some injustices and was silent or ambiguous on other questions of fundamental right. This constitutional relationship could survive only as long as a bisectional consensus was required to resolve all constitutional questions not settled in 1787. Dred Scott challenges persons committed to human freedom to determine whether antislavery northerners should have provided more accommodations for slavery than were constitutionally strictly necessary or risked the enormous destruction of life and property that preceded Lincoln's new birth of freedom.
Reclamation of Fugitives from Service
Author: S. P. ChasePublisher:
ISBN: 9780649451210
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States
Author: United States. Attorney-GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Attorneys general's opinions
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Fugitive Justice
Author: Steven LubetPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674059468
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
During the tumultuous decade before the Civil War, no issue was more divisive than the pursuit and return of fugitive slaves—a practice enforced under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. When free Blacks and their abolitionist allies intervened, prosecutions and trials inevitably followed. These cases involved high legal, political, and—most of all—human drama, with runaways desperate for freedom, their defenders seeking recourse to a “higher law” and normally fair-minded judges (even some opposed to slavery) considering the disposition of human beings as property. Fugitive Justice tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, bringing to vivid life the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. These cases underscore the crucial role that runaway slaves played in building the tensions that led to the Civil War, and they show us how “civil disobedience” developed as a legal defense. As they unfold we can also see how such trials—whether of rescuers or of the slaves themselves—helped build the northern anti-slavery movement, even as they pushed southern firebrands closer to secession. How could something so evil be treated so routinely by just men? The answer says much about how deeply the institution of slavery had penetrated American life even in free states. Fugitive Justice powerfully illuminates this painful episode in American history, and its role in the nation’s inexorable march to war.
