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AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 2V (Slavery, Race and the American Legal System, 1700-1872)
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE 2V - Slavery, Race and the American Legal System, 1700-1872 Author:Finkelman Finkelman, Paul, Editor. The African Slave Trade and American Courts: The Pamphlet Literature. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1988. 2 Vols. With a New Introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-58477-743-4. ISBN-10: 1-58477-743-5. Cloth. * Reprinted from the Garland series ... more »Slavery, Race, and the American Legal System, 1700-1872, this group of 13 facsimiles relates to cases arising from the illegal importation of slaves. Highlights include the argument of John Quincy Adams in the Amistad case (1841) and two charges to juries by Joseph Story from 1819 and 1820. "[The volumes in this series] belong in every library used for research, and in particular at all law school libraries. They will prove valuable to historians, lawyers, law teachers and students, and all persons interested in the problems of slavery and race in American experience.": William M. Wiecek, American Journal of Legal History 33 (1989) 187.« less