Prigg v. Pennsylvania : slavery, the Supreme Court, and the ambivalent constitution

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Main Author: Baker, H. Robert.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2012.
Series:Landmark law cases & American society.
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246 3 |a Prigg versus Pennsylvania 
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300 |a xii, 202 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
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505 0 |a A short history of fugitives in America and an African named James Somerset -- The original meaning of the fugitive slave clause -- The Fugitive Slave Act, kidnapping, and the powers of dual sovereigns -- The rights of slaveholders and those of free Blacks in Pennsylvania's Personal Liberty Law of 1826 -- Black sailors, kidnapped freemen, and a crisis in northern fugitive slave jurisprudence -- Arresting Margaret -- Arresting Edward Prigg -- Before the court -- Deciding Prigg -- After the court. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index. 
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