| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 171 pages) |
| Contents |
A dark canvas -- The initial hearing -- The lawyers Lincoln -- The lawyers Ficklin, Constable, and Linder -- The law -- The trial -- The coils of friendship |
| Summary |
In 1847, Abraham Lincoln represented a Kentucky slave owner named Robert Matson in his attempt to recover a runaway slave woman and her four children. His involvement in the case has challenged most followers of the 'Great Emancipator'. In many assessments, the case inspires rationalisations and distortions; in others, avoidance and denial. This book digs behind the myths and evasions to determine why Lincoln chose to advocate property rights grounded in a system that he claimed to abhor, and pursue the continued enslavement of five of its most vulnerable and sympathetic victims |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Bryant, Jane -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Matson, Robert, 1796-1859 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law
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| SUBJECT |
Bryant, Jane fast |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Matson, Robert, 1796-1859 fast |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Illinois -- Coles County -- Legal status of slaves in free states -- Cases
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Habeas corpus -- Illinois -- Coles County -- Cases
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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Habeas corpus
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Law
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Slavery -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states
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Illinois -- Coles County
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| Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010038782 |
| ISBN |
9781604739879 |
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1604739878 |
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1283069695 |
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9781283069694 |
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9786613069696 |
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6613069698 |
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