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Prigg, Edward, fl. 1842 Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 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...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08856 Author/Creator: Prigg, Edward, fl. 1842 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book Date: 1842 Pagination: 1 v. : 140 p. : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

(title continues)... and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. Reported by Richard Peters, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. Contains a George Peabody College for Teachers Library sticker on inner front cover. Signed on front flyleaf by Congressman Richard Wigginton Thompson of Indiana.

Prigg, Edward, fl. 1842

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