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Author : Lysander Spooner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Defence for Fugitive Slaves written by Lysander Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lysander Spooner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330787229
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (872 download)
Download or read book A Defense for Fugitive Slaves, Against the Acts of Congress of February 12, 1793 and September 18, 1850 (Classic Reprint) written by Lysander Spooner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Defense for Fugitive Slaves, Against the Acts of Congress of February 12, 1793 and September 18, 1850 Admitting, for the sake of the argument - what is not true in fact - that the words, "person held to service or labor," are a legal description of a slave, and that the clause of the Constitution in reference to such persons, and the Act of Congress of 1793, and the supplementary Act of 1850, for carrying that clause into effect, authorize the delivery of fugitive slaves to their masters - said acts (considered as one, ) are nevertheless unconstitutional, in at least seven particulars, as follows: - 1. They authorize the delivery of the slaves without a trial by jury. 2. The Commissioners appointed by the Act of 1850, are not constitutional tribunals for the adjudication of such cases. 3. The State magistrates, authorized by the Act of 1793, to deliver up fugitives from service or labor, are not constitutional tribunals for that purpose. 4. The Act of 1850 is unconstitutional, in that it authorizes cases to be decided wholly on ex parte testimony. 5. The provisions of the Act of 1850, requiring the exclusion of certain evidence, are unconstitutional. 6. The requirement of the Act of 1850, that the cases be adjudicated "in a summary manner," is unconstitutional. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Marion Gleason McDougall
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865) written by Marion Gleason McDougall and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865)," edited by Albert Bushnell Hart, is a collection of primary sources related to slavery and the Underground Railroad in the US, featuring narratives from formerly enslaved people, abolitionists, legal documents, and newspaper articles. Contents include: Legislation and Cases Before the Constitution Legislation From 1789 to 1850 Principal Cases From 1789 to 1860 Fugitives and Their Friends Personal Liberty Laws The End of the Fugitive Slave Question (1860-1865)
Author : Marion Gleason McDougall
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Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865) written by Marion Gleason McDougall and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. J. M. Blackett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108311105
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Captive's Quest for Freedom written by R. J. M. Blackett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.
Author : Albert Bushnell Hart
Publisher : Scott Press
ISBN 13 : 1409719383
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865) written by Albert Bushnell Hart and published by Scott Press. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Marion Gleason McDougall
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The History of Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865) written by Marion Gleason McDougall and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865) is a historical record of legal cases tried against escaped slaves across the United States of America. The author, Marion McDougall, has drawn together and compared many cases found in obscure sources and made an effort to use the cases as illustrations of principles of how the legislature worked in certain places and certain eras. Her aim was, in some measure, to trace the development of public sentiment upon the subject, in order to prepare an outline of Colonial legislation and of the work of Congress during the covered period.
Author : Stanley W. Campbell
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469610078
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book The Slave Catchers written by Stanley W. Campbell and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thoroughly researched documentation of a historically controversial issue, the author considers the background, passage, and constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law. The author's relation of public opinion and the executive policy regarding the much disputed law will help the reader reach a decision as to whether the law was actually a success or failure, legally and socially. Originally published in 1970. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author : Damian Alan Pargas
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813065798
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Fugitive Slaves and Spaces of Freedom in North America written by Damian Alan Pargas and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces a new way to study the experiences of runaway slaves by defining different “spaces of freedom” they inhabited. It also provides a groundbreaking continental view of fugitive slave migration, moving beyond the usual regional or national approaches to explore locations in Canada, the U.S. North and South, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Using newspapers, advertisements, and new demographic data, contributors show how events like the Revolutionary War and westward expansion shaped the slave experience. Contributors investigate sites of formal freedom, where slavery was abolished and refugees were legally free, to determine the extent to which fugitive slaves experienced freedom in places like Canada while still being subject to racism. In sites of semiformal freedom, as in the northern United States, fugitives’ claims to freedom were precarious because state abolition laws conflicted with federal fugitive slave laws. Contributors show how local committees strategized to interfere with the work of slave catchers to protect refugees. Sites of informal freedom were created within the slaveholding South, where runaways who felt relocating to distant destinations was too risky formed maroon communities or attempted to blend in with free black populations. These individuals procured false documents or changed their names to avoid detection and pass as free. The essays discuss slaves’ motivations for choosing these destinations, the social networks that supported their plans, what it was like to settle in their new societies, and how slave flight impacted broader debates about slavery. This volume redraws the map of escape and emancipation during this period, emphasizing the importance of place in defining the meaning and extent of freedom. Contributors: Kyle Ainsworth | Mekala Audain | Gordon S. Barker | Sylviane A. Diouf | Roy E. Finkenbine | Graham Russell Gao Hodges | Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie | Viola Franziska Müller | James David Nichols | Damian Alan Pargas | Matthew Pinsker A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller
Author : Lysander Spooner
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781376619966
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (199 download)
Download or read book A Defense for Fugitive Slaves, Against the Acts of Congress of February 12, 1793 and September 18, 1850 written by Lysander Spooner and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Andrew Delbanco
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735224137
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book The War Before the War written by Andrew Delbanco and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book Selection Winner of the Mark Lynton History Prize Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner of the Lionel Trilling Book Award A New York Times Critics' Best Book "Excellent... stunning."—Ta-Nehisi Coates This book tells the story of America’s original sin—slavery—through politics, law, literature, and above all, through the eyes of enslavedblack people who risked their lives to flee from bondage, thereby forcing the nation to confront the truth about itself. The struggle over slavery divided not only the American nation but also the hearts and minds of individual citizens faced with the timeless problem of when to submit to unjust laws and when to resist. The War Before the War illuminates what brought us to war with ourselves and the terrible legacies of slavery that are with us still.
Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1584777400
Total Pages : 2428 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Fugitive Slaves and American Courts written by Paul Finkelman and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 2428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprinted from the series Slavery, Race and the American Legal System, 1700-1872, this set contains facsimiles of 56 rare pamphlets relating to court cases involving fugitive slaves. As in the companion set, Southern Slaves in Free State Courts, some pamphlets were part of the public debate over judicial decisions. Others used cases to promote the antislavery cause or, in some instances, support or justify slavery. "These...volumes belong in every library used for research, and in particular at all law school libraries. They will prove valuable to historians, lawyers, law teachers and students, and all persons interested in the problems of slavery and race in American experience.": William M. Wiecek, American Journal of Legal History 33 (1989) 187.
Author : Lysander 1808-1887 Spooner
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361740477
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)
Download or read book DEFENSE FOR FUGITIVE SLAVES AG written by Lysander 1808-1887 Spooner and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Damian Alan Pargas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107179556
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Freedom Seekers written by Damian Alan Pargas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the experiences of runaway slaves in North America, conceptually dividing the continent into three distinct 'spaces of freedom'.
Author : Samuel May (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Victims written by Samuel May (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brown
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book Slave Life in Georgia written by Brown and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Lubet
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674059468
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Fugitive Justice written by Steven Lubet and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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” and normally fair-minded judges (even some opposed to slavery) considering the disposition of human beings as property. Fugitive Justice tells the stories of three of the most dramatic fugitive slave trials of the 1850s, bringing to vivid life the determination of the fugitives, the radical tactics of their rescuers, the brutal doggedness of the slavehunters, and the tortuous response of the federal courts. These cases underscore the crucial role that runaway slaves played in building the tensions that led to the Civil War, and they show us how “civil disobedience” developed as a legal defense. As they unfold we can also see how such trials—whether of rescuers or of the slaves themselves—helped build the northern anti-slavery movement, even as they pushed southern firebrands closer to secession. How could something so evil be treated so routinely by just men? The answer says much about how deeply the institution of slavery had penetrated American life even in free states. Fugitive Justice powerfully illuminates this painful episode in American history, and its role in the nation’s inexorable march to war.
