Slaves and the courts, 1740-1860 [electronic resource] / Law Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, and general collections of the Library of Congress

Additional Titles: At head of title: American memory
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, 2002.
Additional Creators: Law Library of Congress (U.S.), Library of Congress, Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, and Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program

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Summary

The documents in this collection from the Library of Congress describe trials and legal proceedings concerning slaves in free jurisdictions, fugitive slaves, slave revolts, the African slave trade, and abolitionists in the North and South.

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Title from home page (viewed Nov. 9, 2004).
Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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