Taylor & Francis Inc Abolitionism and American law

Reproduces 16 articles from their original publication between the middle 1960s and the middle 1990s exploring legal aspects and consequences of the movement to end slavery. The topics include the compromise of 1787; legal positivism, abolitionist litigation, and the New Jersey slave case of 1845; the Indiana Supreme Court and the struggle against slavery; the fugitive slave law: a double paradox; the Booth cases as the final step to the Civil War, personal liberty laws and sectional crisis, 1850-61, and abolitionists and the Civil Rights Act of 1875. No index is provided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Autorid: John R. McKivigan