ISBN: 9781584771074

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.], Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Person… Mehr…

[ED: Hardcover], [PU: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.], Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Personal Liberty Laws reflected the social ethical commitment to freedom from slavery and as such were among the bricks that laid the foundation for the Fourteenth Amendment. Morris examines those statutes as enacted in the five representative states Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin, and argues that these laws were an alternative to the violence allowed by the southern slave codes and the extreme abolitionist viewpoints of the north. Thomas D. Morris [1938-] taught in the Department of History, Portland State University and is the author of Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860. CONTENTS I. Slavery and Emancipation: the Rise of Conflicting Legal Systems II. Kidnapping and Fugitives: Early State and Federal Responses III. State "Interposition" 1820-1830: Pennsylvania and New York IV. Assaults Upon the Personal Liberty Laws V. The Antislavery Counterattack VI. The Personal Liberty Laws in the Supreme Court: Prigg v. Pennsylvania VII. The Pursuit of a Containment Policy, 1842-1850 VII. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 IX. Positive Law, Higher Law, and the Via Media X. Interposition, 1854-1858 XI. Habeas Corpus and Total Repudiation 1859-1860 XII. Denouement Appendix Bibliography Index Versandfertig in 3-5 Tagen, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot<

ISBN: 9781584771074

Hardback, [PU: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.], Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Personal Liberty … Mehr…

Hardback, [PU: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.], Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Personal Liberty Laws reflected the social ethical commitment to freedom from slavery and as such were among the bricks that laid the foundation for the Fourteenth Amendment. Morris examines those statutes as enacted in the five representative states Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin, and argues that these laws were an alternative to the violence allowed by the southern slave codes and the extreme abolitionist viewpoints of the north. Thomas D. Morris [1938-] taught in the Department of History, Portland State University and is the author of Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860. CONTENTS I. Slavery and Emancipation: the Rise of Conflicting Legal Systems II. Kidnapping and Fugitives: Early State and Federal Responses III. State "Interposition" 1820-1830: Pennsylvania and New York IV. Assaults Upon the Personal Liberty Laws V. The Antislavery Counterattack VI. The Personal Liberty Laws in the Supreme Court: Prigg v. Pennsylvania VII. The Pursuit of a Containment Policy, 1842-1850 VII. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 IX. Positive Law, Higher Law, and the Via Media X. Interposition, 1854-1858 XI. Habeas Corpus and Total Repudiation 1859-1860 XII. Denouement Appendix Bibliography Index, Human Rights & Civil Liberties Law<

2010, ISBN: 9781584771074

Erscheinungsdatum: 10.08.2010, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: Free Men All, Titelzusatz: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North 1780-1861, Autor: Morris, Thomas D., Verlag: The L… Mehr…

Erscheinungsdatum: 10.08.2010, Medium: Buch, Einband: Gebunden, Titel: Free Men All, Titelzusatz: The Personal Liberty Laws of the North 1780-1861, Autor: Morris, Thomas D., Verlag: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., Sprache: Englisch, Schlagworte: LAW // Constitutional, Rubrik: Internationales und ausländ. Recht, Seiten: 270, Informationen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert, Gewicht: 572 gr, Verkäufer: averdo Sachbücher<

2010, ISBN: 1584771070

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ISBN: 9781584771074

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