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•African Americans -- New York (State) (2)
•Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States (2)
•Habeas corpus -- Pennsylvania (2)
•Johnson, Jane, -- b. 1820? (2)
•Lemmon, Jonathan (2)
•African Americans -- Civil rights (1)
•African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia (1)
•African Americans -- Illinois (1)
•African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century (1)
•Armitage, Jacob (1)
•Armstrong, John, -- fl. 1850 -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
•Contempt of court -- United States (1)
•Finney, Jerry (1)
•Forbes, Alexander C (1)
•Fugitive slaves -- United States (1)
•Gorman, James -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
•Graham, Christopher, -- fl. 1850 -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
•Habeas corpus -- United States (1)
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•Ohio imprints 1852 (1)
•Personal liberty laws (1)
•Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century (1)
•Sanford, John F. A., -- 1806 or 7-1857 -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
•Scott, Dred, -- 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
•Slavery -- Illinois (1)
•Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States (1)
•Slaves -- United States (1)
•Strader, Jacob, -- 1795-1860 -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
•United States. -- Fugitive slave law (1793) (1)
•United States. -- Fugitive slave law (1850) (1)
•United States. -- Ordinance of 1787 (1)
•Wheeler, John H. -- (John Hill), -- 1806-1882. -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
•Williamson, Passmore (1)
•Williamson, Passmore, -- Trials, litigation, etc (1)
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1Title:  Passmore Williamson vs. John K. Kane: Argument for defendant    
 Creator:  Williamson, Passmore 
 Kane, John K. (John Kintzing), 1795-1858
 Publication:  Crissey & Markley, Philadelphia],[1855?] 
 Notes:  Cover-title. 
 Call #:  E450 W732P 
 Extent:  48 p. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
 
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2Title:  Report of the Lemmon slave case: containing points and arguments of counsel on both sides, and opinions of all the judges    
 Creator:  New York (State) Courts: Court of Appeals. 
 Publication:  H. Greeley & Co, New York,1861. 
 Call #:  E450 N532 1861 
 Extent:  146 pp. 8vo. 
 Subjects:  Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | African Americans -- New York (State)
 
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3Title:  Five years' abstract of transactions of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race    
 Creator:  Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery 
 African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
 Publication:  Printed at Merrihew & Thompson's Steam Power Book and Job Office, Philadelphia,1853. 
 Notes:  LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16744. Source: Source unknown. 
 Call #:  E446 P416F 
 Extent:  15 p. ; 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Fugitive slaves -- United States | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
 
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4Title:  Governor's communication relative to the release    
 Uniform Title:  Lemmon slave case.    
 Creator:  Virginia Governor (1852-1856 : Johnson). 
 Publication:  Richmond],1852. 
 Call #:  P 238 
 Extent:  18 p. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Lemmon, Jonathan | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
 
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5Title:  The Black laws in the Old Northwest: a documentary history    
 Creator:  Middleton, Stephen. 
 Publication:  Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn,1993. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 
 Call #:  KF4757 M629 
 Extent:  xxix, 427 p. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century | Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Northwest, Old -- History -- 19th century | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
 
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6Title:  The history of negro servitude in Illinois, and of the slavery agitation in that state, 1719-1864    
 Creator:  Harris, Norman Dwight, 1870- 
 Publication:  A.C. McClurg & Co, Chicago,1904. 
 Notes:  Bibliography: p. 245-257. 
 Call #:  E445 I2H3 
 Extent:  x p., 1 Á., 276 p. front., ports., facsim. 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Slavery -- Illinois | African Americans -- Illinois | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
 
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7Title:  To the members of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island    
 Creator:  Rhode Island General Assembly. 
 Publication:  s.n, S.l,1850?] 
 Notes:  Caption title. Signed: "One of your constituents." 
 Call #:  Pam. Z250 
 Extent:  9 p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  United States. -- Fugitive slave law (1850) | Personal liberty laws | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
 
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8Title:  Atrocious judges: Lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression    
 Creator:  Campbell, John CampbellBaron, 1779-1861 
 Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865
 Williamson, Passmore
 Publication:  and Auburn, Miller, Orton & Mulligan, New York,1856. 
 Call #:  DA28.4 C189 
 Extent:  432 p. 19 cm. 
 Subjects:  Johnson, Jane, -- b. 1820? | Judges -- Great Britain | Contempt of court -- United States | Habeas corpus -- United States | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
 
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9Title:  Case of Passmore Williamson: report of the proceedings on the writ of habeas corpus, issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the case of the United States of America ex rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, including the several opinions delivered, and the arguments of counsel    
 Creator:  Williamson, Passmore 
 Wheeler, John H. (John Hill), 1806-1882
 Cannon, Arthur.
 United States District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District)
 Publication:  Uriah Hunt & Son, Philadelphia,1856. 
 Call #:  E450 W732C 
 Extent:  191 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Williamson, Passmore, -- Trials, litigation, etc | Wheeler, John H. -- (John Hill), -- 1806-1882. -- Trials, litigation, etc | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Habeas corpus -- Pennsylvania
 
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10Title:  Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson    
 Creator:  African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) 
 Publication:  Published by the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia,1855. 
 Notes:  The escape of Jane Johnson and two children, slaves of John H. Wheeler, the trial of Williamson and others concerned, and refusal of state supreme court to issue writ of habeas corpus. 
 Call #:  E450 W732N 
 Extent:  24 p. ; 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Williamson, Passmore | Johnson, Jane, -- b. 1820? | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | Habeas corpus -- Pennsylvania
 
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11Title:  A legal review of the case of Dred Scott, as decided by the Supreme Court of the United States    
 Creator:  Gray, Horace, 1828-1902 
 Lowell, John, 1824-1897
 Publication:  Crosby, Nichols, and Company, Boston,1857. 
 Notes:  "From the Law reporter for June, 1857." Written by Horace Gray and John Lowell. 
 Call #:  P 9928 
 Extent:  62 p. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Scott, Dred, -- 1809-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Sanford, John F. A., -- 1806 or 7-1857 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | African Americans -- Civil rights
 
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12Title:  Report of the Lemmon slave case: containing points and arguments of counsel on both sides, and opinions of all the judges    
 Creator:  New York (State) Court of Appeals. 
 Napoleon, Louis.
 Lemmon, Jonathan
 New York (State)
 Publication:  H. Greeley & Co, New York,1860. 
 Notes:  Caption title: The people of the state of New York on the relation of Louis Napoleon, respondents, against Jonathan Lemmon ... of Virginia, appellant. Running title: The Lemmon slave case. Case presented for argument in the New York Court of Appeals on January 24, 1860. cf. p. 15. 
 Call #:  E450 N532 1860 
 Extent:  146 p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Napoleon, Louis, -- fl. 1852-1860 | Lemmon, Jonathan | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | African Americans -- New York (State) | New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Afro-Americans | New York (State) respondent
 
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13Title:  Examination of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Strader, Gorman and Armstrong vs. Christopher Graham, delivered at its December term, 1850: concluding with an address to the free colored people, advising them to remove to Liberia    
 Creator:  Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857 
 United States Supreme Court.
 Publication:  Truman & Spofford, publishers, Cincinnati,1852. 
 Call #:  Pam. B1436 
 Extent:  46, [1] p. ; 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Strader, Jacob, -- 1795-1860 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Gorman, James -- Trials, litigation, etc | Armstrong, John, -- fl. 1850 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Graham, Christopher, -- fl. 1850 -- Trials, litigation, etc | United States. -- Ordinance of 1787 | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | African Americans -- Colonization -- Liberia | Ohio imprints 1852
 
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14Title:  Speech of Wm. Johnston, Esq., before the Franklin Circuit Court of Kentucky    
 Creator:  Johnston, William, 1804-1891 
 Kentucky Circuit Court (Franklin County)
 Publication:  s.n, S.l,1846] 
 Notes:  Caption title. Dated: April 10, 1846. "The state of Ohio vs. Forbes and Armitage; slavery -- kidnapping -- fugitive from justice. 
 Call #:  Pam. Z333 
 Extent:  23 p. ; 20 cm. 
 Subjects:  Finney, Jerry | Armitage, Jacob | Forbes, Alexander C | United States. -- Fugitive slave law (1793) | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | Slaves -- United States
 
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