Supreme Injustice : : Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court / / Paul Finkelman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Finkelman, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Antebellum Constitution and Slavery --; 2. John Marshall: Slave Owner and Jurist --; 3. John Marshall and the African Slave Trade --; 4. Joseph Story: New England Icon in the Service of Slavery --; 5. Roger B. Taney: Slavery’s Great Chief Justice --; Coda --; Notes --; Acknowledgements --; Index of Cases Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674982079; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674982079
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paul Finkelman.

In ruling after ruling, the three most important pre–Civil War justices—Marshall, Taney, and Story—upheld slavery. Paul Finkelman establishes an authoritative account of each justice’s proslavery position, the reasoning behind his opposition to black freedom, and the personal incentives that embedded racism ever deeper in American civic life.