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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: DeLombard, Jeannine Marie (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469605791

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