Slavery on trial : law, abolitionism, and print culture /

Slavery on trial : law, abolitionism, and print culture /

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The author examines how debates over slavery in the three decades before the Civil War employed legal labguage to 'try' the case for slavery in the court of public opinion via popular print media.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeLombard, Jeannine Marie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
Series:Studies in legal history.
UNC Press law publications.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
World trials library.
Civil rights and social justice.
Subjects:
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History > Sources.
Slavery > United States > History > Sources.
Slavery in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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