Supreme Injustice : : Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court / / 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 embedde...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
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