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The South Bend fugitive slave case, involving the right to a writ of habeas corpus.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.144 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1851 Pagination: 24 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 12.3 cm Order a Copy

Reports on the legal case of Norris vs. Newton. Case pertains to an enslaved person seeking emancipation. Marked for sale at the Anti-slavery office, 48 Beekman Street, 1851.

Powell, David, fl. 1849
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Habeas Corpus
Fugitive Slave Act
Runaway Slave
Law
African American History
Slavery
Abolition
Reform Movement
Enslaved people
Age of Jackson

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