Author: MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court
Author: MassachusettsActs and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts
Author: MassachusettsFree Men All
Author: Thomas D. MorrisPublisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN: 1584771070
Category : Personal liberty laws
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
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
States at War, Volume 1
Author: Richard F. MillerPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 1611683246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
While many Civil War reference books exist, there is no single compendium that contains important details about the combatant states (and territories) that Civil War researchers can readily access for their work. People looking for information about the organization, activities, economies, demographics, and prominent personalities of Civil War states and state governments must assemble data from a variety of sources, and many key sources remain unavailable online. This volume, the first of six, provides a crucial reference book for Civil War scholars and historians, professional or amateur, seeking information about individual states or groups of states. Its principal sources include the Official Records, state adjutant-general reports, legislative journals, state and federal legislation, federal and state executive speeches and proclamations, and the general and special orders issued by the military authorities of both governments. Designed and organized for easy use, this book can be read in two ways: by individual state, with each chapter offering a stand-alone skeletal history of an individual stateÕs war years, or across states, comparing reactions to the same event or solutions to the same problems.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: The Relations of the Bible to the Civilization of the Future
Author: Austin PhelpsThe New England Quarterly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 774
Book Description
Includes section "Bibliography. Articles on the history of New England in periodical literature.
Union Catalog of the Graduate Theological Union
Author: Graduate Theological Union. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Lincoln On Leadership
Author: Donald Thomas PhillipsPublisher: Donald T Phillips
ISBN: 0615301029
Category : Political leadership
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
George Washington
Author: George WashingtonPublisher: Liberty Fund
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Based almost entirely on materials reproduced from: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799 / John C. Fitzpatrick, editor. Includes indexes.