An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity by Paul Finkelman
An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity

Paul Finkelman

Studies in Legal History

An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity

Paul Finkelman

390 pages paperback 1981

2 editions

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"In short, we have a first-rate study of an important constitutional symbol of disunion." --Donald Roper, American Journal of Legal History 26 (1982) 255. Finkelman describes the judicial turmoil that ensued when slaves were taken into free states...

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