Slavery on Trial : Law, Abolitionism, and Print Culture /

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The author examines how debates over slavery in the three decades before the Civil War employed legal language to 'try' the case for slavery in the court of public opinion via popular print media.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeLombard, Jeannine Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literatur
Sklave > Motiv
Sklaverei
Abolitionismus
Slavery > Law and legislation.
Slavery.
Slavery in literature.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Esclavage dans la litterature.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > Sources.
Slavery > United States > History > Sources.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History > Sources.
USA.
United States.
Sources
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:The author examines how debates over slavery in the three decades before the Civil War employed legal language to 'try' the case for slavery in the court of public opinion via popular print media.
Physical Description:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469605791

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