Fugitive justice : runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial /
Steven Lubet
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010
- 367 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
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Loring, Edward G. 1802-1890.
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