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From treason to runaway slaves : legal culture in new Republic trials, 1783-1808
Title
From treason to runaway slaves : legal culture in new Republic trials, 1783-1808 / Linda Myrsiades.
ISBN
9781683933847
1683933842
9781683933854
Publication
Vancouver ; Madison [New Jersey] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2024]
Physical Description
x, 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
"From Treason to Runaway Slaves provides case studies of high-profile trials from the early Republic examined in terms of the period's history, law, and culture. It focuses on a historical period and place crucial to identity formation in the new nation and the survival of the U.S. as a democratic experiment"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Myrsiades, Linda, 1941- From treason to runaway slaves Vancouver ; Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2023
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 19, 2024
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Trying military law : the Hazen-Reid feud and the case of Judge Advocate General Thomas Edwards, 1783
"The crooks of the law" : the trial of Mamachtaga, the Delaware Indian, 1785
"A fine peace of Land" : settlers' rights and land titles in George Washington v. James Scott, et al., 1786
"Whiskey boys" and the "Pole Gentry" : treason and the whiskey rebellion trials, 1795
Sangrado v. the Cloven Foot : the libel trial of Benjamin Rush v. William Cobbett, 1799
"I will a tale unfold" : the murder trial of John Joyce and Peter Matthias, 1808.
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Genre/Form
History
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