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Additional authors

1. Peters, Richard, 1780-1848.
2. United States. Supreme Court.
3. Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

Description

1. 140 p.; 25 cm.

Alternative title

1. Edward Prigg, plaintiff in error, v. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, defendant in error
2. Supreme Court, January term, 1842

Subject

1. Prigg, Edward > Trials, litigation, etc
2. Pennsylvania > Trials, litigation, etc
3. Fugitive slaves > United States
4. Slavery > United States > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states
5. Trials > Pennsylvania

Note

1. Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
2. Sabin no. 61207.

Reproduction (note)

1. Electronic reproduction.

Author

1. Prigg, Edward, plaintiff in error.

Title

1. Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [electronic resource] : argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States at January term, 1842 : in which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states / by Richard Peters.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1842.

Reproduction

1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2008. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Local note

1. Antebellum; Slavery.

Connect to:

1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added author

1. Peters, Richard, 1780-1848.
2. United States. Supreme Court.
3. Pennsylvania. General Assembly.

Caption title

1. Edward Prigg, plaintiff in error, v. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, defendant in error

Running title

1. Supreme Court, January term, 1842