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Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial

Steven Lubet

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ISBN 9780674047044

Publication Date: 11/08/2010

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Steven Lubet is Edna B. and Ednyfed H. Williams Memorial Professor of Law and Director of the Fred Bartlit Center for Trial Advocacy at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.

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