Rosenblatt The Eight

The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9266-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Excelsior Editions

The personal and legal struggle of eight enslaved people for freedom in New York in the period just before the Civil War.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosenblatt, Albert M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Dramatis Personae

1. Life in Bath County, Virginia

2. From Virginia to New York

3. Rescue

4. At the Courthouse

5. We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause

6. Self-Help for the Slave Owner

7. Fugitives

8. The Court’s Ruling

9. Life, Liberty, or Property

10. The First Appeal

11. High Stakes

12. Privileges and Immunities

13. The Voice of Humanity

14. The Final Ruling

Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Albert M. Rosenblatt teaches at the New York University School of Law and is a retired Judge of New York State Court of Appeals. His previous books include Opening Statements: Law, Jurisprudence, and the Legacy of Dutch New York (coedited with Julia C. Rosenblatt) and Judith S. Kaye in Her Own Words: Reflections on Life and the Law, with Selected Judicial Opinions and Articles (coedited with Judith S. Kaye and Henry M. Greenberg), both published by SUNY Press.