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21Title:  To the people of the United States, or, To such Americans as value their rights, and dare to maintain them    
 Parent:  Collection of valuable documents. Boston, I. Knapp, 1836. 19 cm. p. [54]-66    
 Creator:  American Anti-Slavery Society 
 Publication:  [1836] 
 Call #:  E449 C697 
 Extent:   
 Subjects:  Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Slavery -- United States -- Controversial literature -- 19th century | Petition, Right of
 
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22Title:  A report of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States and the opinions of the judges thereof, in the case of Dred Scott vs. John F. A. Sandford, December term, 1856    
 Creator:  United States Supreme Court. 
 Scott, Dred, 1809-1858
 Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 7-1857
 Howard, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Chew), 1791-1872
 Publication:  D. Appleton & Co, New York,1857. 
 Notes:  Reprinted from the Reports of the United States Supreme Court. "This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri. It was an action of trespass vi et armis instituted in the Circuit Court by Scott against Sandford"--p. 396. 
 Call #:  E450 S425U6 
 Extent:  p. 394-633 ; 24 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 -- Legal status of slaves in free states | African Americans -- Civil rights
 
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23Title:  Proceedings of the United States Senate, on the fugitive slave bill: -- the abolition of the slave-trade in th District of Columbia,--and the imprisonment of free colored seamen in the southern ports: with the speeches of Messrs. Davis, Winthrop and others    
 Creator:  United States Congress Senate.(31st, 1st session : 1849-1850). 
 Publication:  Press of T. R. Marvin, Washington],[1850] 
 Notes:  Cover title. 
 Call #:  E450 U58 
 Extent:  68 p. 23 cm. 
 Subjects:  Fugitive slave law of 1850 | Slavery -- United States -- Speeches in Congress | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Slavery -- Washington (D.C.)
 
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24Title:  Essays in the constitutional history of the United States in the formative period, 1775-1789    
 Creator:  Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 
 Smith, Edward Payson, 1840-1892
 Guggenheimer, Jay Caesar.
 Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939
 Brackett, Jeffrey Richardson, 1860-1949
 Publication:  Houghton, Mifflin, Boston,1889. 
 Call #:  JK119 J31 
 Extent:  xiii, 321 p. 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Executive departments -- United States | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Constitutional history -- United States | United States -- Church history
 
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25Title:  A report of the case of the Jeune Eugenie: determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the First Circuit, at Boston, December, 1821 : with an appendix    
 Creator:  Jeune Eugâenie (Schooner) 
 Mason, William Powell, 1791-1867
 United States Circuit Court (1st Circuit).
 Publication:  Wells and Lilly, Boston,1822. 
 Notes:  "Libel brought against the schooner La Jeune Eugenie, which was seized ... on the coast of Africa, for being employed in the slave trade"--p. 48. 
 Call #:  E447 J58 
 Extent:  [4], 108 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Jeune Eugâenie (Schooner) -- Trials, litigation, etc | Forfeiture -- United States | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Slave trade -- United States
 
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26Title:  Personal liberty laws: (statutes of Massachusetts) and slavery in the territories (case of Dred Scott)    
 Creator:  Parker, Joel, 1795-1875 
 Publication:  Wright & Potter, Boston,1861. 
 Notes:  "The following letters were originally prepared for publication in the Boston journal."--Pref. 
 Call #:  E450 P239 
 Extent:  97 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Scott, Dred, -- 1809-1858 | Personal liberty laws | Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
 
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27Title:  Constitution and act of incorporation of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race: to which are added, the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania for the gradual abolition of slavery, and the acts of the Congress of the United States, respecting slaves and the slave-trade    
 Creator:  Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery 
 American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
 Publication:  Printed by J. Ormrod, for the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &c, Philadelphia,1800. 
 Notes:  Signatures: [A]p4sp sB-Fp4sp sGp4s(-G4). 
 Call #:  E446 P415 1800 
 Extent:  53, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo) 
 Subjects:  Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. -- Constitution | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Pennsylvania | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Imprints, Early American To 1820
 
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28Title:  Constitution and act of incorporation of the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and for the relief of free negroes, unlawfully held in bondage, and for the improving the condition of the African race: To which are added abstracts of the laws of the states of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland, and of the acts of Congress, respecting slavery and the slave trade    
 Creator:  Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery 
 Publication:  Printed for the Society, by Hall & Atkinson, 53, Market street, Philadelphia,1820. 
 Call #:  E446 P415 1820 
 Extent:  31 p. 21 1/2 cm. 
 Subjects:  Philadelphia. -- Hall & Atkinson. -- 1820 | Slavery -- United States -- Societies, etc | Slavery -- Pennsylvania | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Imprints, Early American To 1820
 
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29Title:  The United States of America, by information, versus the Schooner Wanderer, and cargo: for the United States, C.L. Woodbury, for the claimant, John A. Andrew, A.G. Browne, Jr    
 Creator:  Wanderer (Schooner) 
 United States Circuit Court (Massachusetts)
 Publication:  Prentiss & Deland, printers, Boston,1860. 
 Notes:  "At the District Court of the United States, begun and holden at Boston, within and for the District of Massachusetts": p. [1]. 
 Call #:  P 7801 
 Extent:  188 p. ; 28 cm. 
 Subjects:  Wanderer (Schooner) -- Trials, litigation, etc | Forfeiture -- United States | Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States | Slave trade -- United States
 
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30Title:  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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