[PDF.38hn] Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial

Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial

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 | #1487216 in Books |  Belknap Press |  2010-11-08 |  2010-12-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.30 x6.40l,1.50 | File type: PDF | 384 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Timeless courtroom tactics meet the defenders of slavery|By Steven J. Harper|Most people are unfamiliar with the fugitive slave trials during the decade immediately preceding the Civil War. In this masterful account, Professor Lubet reveals the singular significance of those proceedings. Even more importantly, he depicts the fascinating intersection of courtroom strategy with t| |In the decade before the Civil War, the Fugitive Slave Act radicalized Northerners by placing the law on the side of slave owners seeking to recover their runaways. Lubet's excellent book skillfully captures the passion of the corrosive courtroom battles that

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&...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Fugitive Justice: Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial   |  Steven Lubet. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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