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Book/Printed MaterialA brief sketch of the trial of William Lloyd Garrison, for an alleged libel on Francis Todd, of Newburyport, Mass Preface signed: William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison was tried in Baltimore City Court for publishing an article charging Todd, a shipowner, with engaging in the slave-trade. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LLRBR copy formerly shelved under: LAW Copy 1 LLRBR. vj21 2005-11-21.- Contributor: John Bailey Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Garrison, William Lloyd
- Date: 1834
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Book/Printed MaterialCandid reflections upon the judgement lately awarded by the Court of King's Bench in Westminster-Hall on what is commonly called the Negroe-cause / by a Planter ESTC T19885 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Long, Edward
- Date: 1772
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Book/Printed MaterialNegro plot : an account of the late intended insurrection among a portion of the blacks of the city of Charleston, South Carolina "Published by the authority of the Corporation of Charleston." Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Israel Thorndike Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1822
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Book/Printed MaterialA brief history of an attempt during the last session of the Legislature, in 1841, to interfere with the judgments of the courts, in relations to the wills of the late Captain … Captain Isaac Ross and his daughter, Mrs. M.A. Reed, provided in their wills for the manumission of their slaves and their colonization in Africa. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Signed: John Ker. LAC brd 2019-04-19 update (1 card)- Contributor: Ker, John
- Date: 1842
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PeriodicalAnnual report Annual Title varies. Report year ends October. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Holdings in 3x5 file. If this record is claimed by CONSER, contact Project1 staff to assure transition to online collection; td12 2016-09-09- Contributor: Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society
- Date: 1836
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Book/Printed MaterialBoston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns : containing the report of the Faneuil Hall meeting, the murder of Batchelder, Theodore Parker's lesson for the day, speeches of counsel on both … Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2020-10-08 no edits (1 card) LAC brd 2019-04-29 no edits (2 cards)- Contributor: Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1854
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Book/Printed MaterialThe rendition of Anthony Burns In printed brown paper wrapper. NUC pre-1956 NB 0707606 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Samuel Gardner Drake Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Bowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll)
- Date: 1854
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Book/Printed MaterialAn examination of the case of Dred Scott against Sandford, in the Supreme Court of the United States, and a full and fair exposition of the decision of the Court, and of … Cover title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and in microfilm. LAC brd 2019-04-29 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Foot, Samuel A. (Samuel Alfred) - Geneva Literary and Scientific Association (Geneva, N.Y.)
- Date: 1859
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Book/Printed MaterialA Full and correct report of the Christiana tragedy in the county of Lancaster, state of Penna., Sept. 11, 1851, as repoted [!] verbatim et literatim, on the hearing and examination, as … As a result of the evidence presented, Castner Hanway, Elijah Lewis, John Morgan, Sims and Jacob Moore, were charged with the crime of treason against the United States in aiding and abetting in the murder of Edward Gorsuch. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm. LAC tnb 2020-10-08 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Hanway, Castner - Reigart, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
- Date: 1851
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Book/Printed MaterialThe trial of Emanuel Myers, of Maryland, for kidnapping certain fugitive slaves, had at Carlisle, Pennsylvania November, 1859 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2020-10-08 update (1 card) LAC ecr 2020-10-26 review- Contributor: Myers, Emanuel - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1859
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Book/Printed MaterialNarrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson The escape of Jane Johnson and two children, slaves of John H. Wheeler, the trial of Williamson and others concerned, and refusal of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court to issue writ of habeas corpus.- Contributor: African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1855
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Book/Printed MaterialReport 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 … Checklist Amer. imprints 42-4150 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2020-10-08 no edits (2 cards) LAC ecr 2020-10-26 review- Contributor: Prigg, Edward - United States. Supreme Court - Peters, Richard - Pennsylvania - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1842
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Book/Printed MaterialA review of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm. LAC brd 2019-04-29 no edits (1 card) Copy 2 Gift of Mrs. Wallace H. White. June 21, 1955. LAC brd 2019-04-29- Contributor: Kentucky Lawyer
- Date: 1857
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Book/Printed MaterialHistorical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case, which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act, …
Examination of the Dred Scott case by Thomas H. Benton Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Also available in digital form.- Contributor: Benton, Thomas Hart
- Date: 1857
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Book/Printed MaterialA charge, to the grand jury, Thomas Irwin, district judge. On the fugitive slave law. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm. LAC tnb 2020-10-08 update (1 card)- Contributor: Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Irwin, Thomas - United States. District Court (Pennsylvania : Western District)
- Date: 1851
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Book/Printed MaterialUnconstitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Act : decisions of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in the cases of Booth and Rycraft
Wisconsin reports "In the matter of the petition of Sherman M. Booth for a writ of habeas corpus and to be discharged from imprisonment. Certiorari to Associate Justice A.D. Smith of the Supreme Court"--P. [1]. Booth and Rycraft were taken into custody for violation of the Fugitive slave act of 1850 by aiding in the escape of Joshua Glover. Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law…- Contributor: Smith, A. D. (Albert Daniel) - Cushing, Caleb - Rycraft, John - Wisconsin. Supreme Court - Booth, Sherman M. - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1855
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Book/Printed MaterialProceedings of the citizens of the borough of Norfolk, on the Boston outrage, in the case of the runaway slave George Latimer Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm. Gift of Margaret W. Cushing 1-26-28. Received 8-5-46. LAC brd 2019-04-29 no edits (1 card) Note from shelflist card: "Documents referred to in the foregoing reports" : p. 9-20." LAC brd 2019-04-29- Contributor: Norfolk (Va.)
- Date: 1843
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Book/Printed MaterialThe London Missionary Society's report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara, minister of the gospel, who was tried under martial law, and condemned to death, on a … "Proceedings of a general court-martial, held at the Colony-House in George Town, on Monday, the 13th of October, 1823, by virtue of a warrant, and in pursuance of an order of His Excellency Major-general John Murray, Lieutenant-governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the United Colony of Demerara and Essequibo, &c.;&c.;"--p. [1]. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. KD6316.S65…- Contributor: Smith, John - London Missionary Society - Great Britain. Army. Court-Martial (Smith : 1823)
- Date: 1824
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Book/Printed MaterialA letter to Philo Africanus, upon slavery : in answer to his of the 22d of November, in the General Evening Post, together with the opinions of Sir John Strange, and other …
Half title: Letter to Philo Africanus, upon slavery | Letter to Philo Africanus, upon slavery Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴. Evans 20993 ESTC W13332 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC tnb 2019-08-14 no edits (2 cards)- Contributor: Candidus - American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) - Mansfield, William Murray - Philo Africanus
- Date: 1788
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Book/Printed MaterialA report of the case of the Jeune Eugenie : determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the First Circuit, at Boston, December, 1821 : with an appendix "Libel brought against the schooner La Jeune Eugenie, which was seized ... on the coast of Africa, for being employed in the slave trade"--p. 48. Shoemaker 9399 Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law, 11191 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Mason, William Powell - United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) - Jeune Eugénie (Schooner)
- Date: 1822
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Book/Printed MaterialThe trial of Captain John Kimber, for the murder of two female Negro slaves, on board the Recovery, African slave ship : tried at the Admiralty Sessions, held at the Old Baily, … Signatures: pi1 [A]² B-E⁴ E[bis]². ESTC N13767 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Student of the Temple - Great Britain. Central Criminal Court - Kimber, John
- Date: 1792
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Book/Printed MaterialThe trial of Captain John Kimber, for the supposed murder of an African girl : at the Admiralty Sessions, before the Hon. Sir James Marriot ... and Sir William Ashurst ... on … Hearing in the Central Criminal Court, London, concerning an alleged offense committed on board the ship Recovery. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴ F² (A1 blank?; wanting in LC copy). ESTC T144196 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Great Britain. Central Criminal Court - Kimber, John
- Date: 1792
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Book/Printed MaterialAn argument in the case of James Sommersett, a Negro, lately determined by the Court of King's Bench : wherein it is attempted to demonstrate the present unlawfulness of domestic slavery in … Signatures: [A]1 B-L⁴. Errata on p. 82. ESTC T22378 Sabin 30374 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Hargrave, Francis - Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Sommersett, James
- Date: 1772
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Book/Printed MaterialTrial of Pedro de Zulueta, Jun., in the Central Criminal Court of the City of London, on the 27th, 28th, and 30th of October, 1843, on a charge of slave-trading Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Great Britain. Central Criminal Court - Zulueta, Pedro De - Johnson, J. F.
- Date: 1844
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Book/Printed MaterialTrial of Pedro de Zulueta, jun. : on a charge of slave trading under 5 Geo. IV, Cap. 113, on Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of October, … Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: Gurney, William Brodie - Zulueta, Pedro De
- Date: 1844
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