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2013. ISBN-13: 9781616193928. ISBN-10: 1616193921. Gordan, John D., III. The Fugitive Slave Rescue Trial of Robert Morris: Benjamin Robbins Curtis on the Road to Dred Scott. xix, 120 pp. 19 illustrations. Clark, New Jersey: Talbot Publishing, 2013. ISBN-13: 9781616193928. ISBN-10: 1616193921. Hardcover. New. $39.95 * Relying on extensive surviving original records, this book analyzes the November 1851 trial in the federal circuit court of Robert Morris, the second black admitted to practice in Massachusetts, for rescuing a fugitive slave from the custody of the U.S. marshal in the federal courtroom in Boston. It demonstrates that Justice Benjamin Robbins Curtis, a supporter of Daniel Webster and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 presiding under a recess appointment, made two critical rulings against Morris that were at odds with existing precedents. Finally, the book contextualizes Morris's trial among the other trials for this rescue, the prosecutions for the attempt to rescue Anthony Burns, another…
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The Fugitive Slave Rescue Trial of Robert Morris: Benjamin Robbins Curtis on the Road to Dred Scott Hardcover - 2013
by John D. Gordan; III John Gordan
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- Title The Fugitive Slave Rescue Trial of Robert Morris: Benjamin Robbins Curtis on the Road to Dred Scott
- Author John D. Gordan; III John Gordan
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 142
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
- Date 2013
- ISBN 9781616193928 / 1616193921
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.5 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Slavery - Law and legislation - United, Curtis, Benjamin Robbins
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013035139
- Dewey Decimal Code 342.730
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