Supreme injustice : slavery in the nation's highest court /

"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...

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Autor principal: Finkelman, Paul, 1949- (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv252501d
Taula de continguts:
  • Introduction
  • The antebellum constitution and slavery
  • John Marshall : slave owner and jurist
  • John Marshall and the African slave trade
  • Joseph Story : New England icon in the service of slavery
  • Roger B. Taney : slavery's great chief justice
  • Coda.