Fugitive Justice

Runaways, Rescuers, and Slavery on Trial

Steven Lubet

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$40.00 • £32.95 • €36.00

ISBN 9780674047044

Publication Date: 11/08/2010

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384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

Belknap Press

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Introduction
1. Slavery and the Constitution
2. The Missouri Equilibrium
3. The Compromise of 1850
4. But We Have No Country
5. A Traitorous Combination
6. Prosecution at Independence Hall
7. Sir—Did You Hear It?
8. Athens of America
9. Kidnapping Again!
10. The Height of Cruelty
11. Judge Loring’s Predicament
12. Freedom on the Western Reserve
13. The Son Betrays and the Father Indicts
14. Votaries of the Higher Law
15. An Irrepressible Conflict
Epilogue: Harpers Ferry and Beyond
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

Honorable Mention, 2010 David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Legal History, Langum Charitable Trust

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