fugitive-slave

On the other hand, he generally steered clear of fugitive-slave cases, “because of his unwillingness to be a party to a violation of the Fugitive Slave Law, arguing that the way to overcome the difficulty was to repeal the law.”

Lincoln’s Emancipation 2009

On the other hand, he generally steered clear of fugitive-slave cases, “because of his unwillingness to be a party to a violation of the Fugitive Slave Law, arguing that the way to overcome the difficulty was to repeal the law.”

Lincoln’s Emancipation 2009

As I indicated in my review, I was fascinated by Slaughter's accounts of unrelated riots, crimes, and trials but kept wondering how Hanway's acquittal "impinged on other fugitive-slave cases" and what the Christiana resistance meant as a model and example to black leaders in the 1850s.

Milton wrote his best lines blind bl pawelek 2009

He supported fugitive-slave laws that returned escaped slaves to their masters, though he knew they would face certain brutality or even death.

Lanny Davis: How We Will Feel if Obama Wins 2008

There was, of course, another side to this picture: the growing abolition movement and the stubbornness of the North toward the various fugitive-slave laws.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

On the enforcement issues under the fugitive-slave laws, see Robert Cover, Justice Accused: Anti-Slavery and the Judicial Process (1975); Paul Finkelman, An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity (1981), deals with the tangled issues of the extraterritorial effects of slavery in a federal union which was half slave and half free.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

The 1850 fugitive-slave law added fuel to the fire, gave impetus to the so-called Underground Railway spiriting fugitives to Canada, and set off a course of legal wrangling that reached a climax in the Dred Scott case.50

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

The 1850 fugitive-slave law added fuel to the fire, gave impetus to the so-called Underground Railway spiriting fugitives to Canada, and set off a course of legal wrangling that reached a climax in the Dred Scott case.50

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

On the enforcement issues under the fugitive-slave laws, see Robert Cover, Justice Accused: Anti-Slavery and the Judicial Process (1975); Paul Finkelman, An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity (1981), deals with the tangled issues of the extraterritorial effects of slavery in a federal union which was half slave and half free.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

There was, of course, another side to this picture: the growing abolition movement and the stubbornness of the North toward the various fugitive-slave laws.

A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985