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03124aam a2200529 i 4500 001 E19C552E141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240517010047 008 230712s2024 bccab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023032329 020 $a 1683933842 020 $a 9781683933847 035 $a (OCoLC)1390877088 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF220 $b .M97 2024 100 1 $a Myrsiades, Linda, $d 1941- $e author. 245 10 $a From treason to runaway slaves : $b legal culture in new Republic trials, 1783-1808 / $c Linda Myrsiades. 264 1 $a Vancouver ; $b Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, $c [2024] 300 $a x, 279 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Trying military law : the Hazen-Reid feud and the case of Judge Advocate General Thomas Edwards, 1783 -- "The crooks of the law" : the trial of Mamachtaga, the Delaware Indian, 1785 -- "A fine peace of Land" : settlers' rights and land titles in George Washington v. James Scott, et al., 1786 -- "Whiskey boys" and the "Pole Gentry" : treason and the whiskey rebellion trials, 1795 -- Sangrado v. the Cloven Foot : the libel trial of Benjamin Rush v. William Cobbett, 1799 -- "I will a tale unfold" : the murder trial of John Joyce and Peter Matthias, 1808. 520 $a "From Treason to Runaway Slaves provides case studies of high-profile trials from the early Republic examined in terms of the period's history, law, and culture. It focuses on a historical period and place crucial to identity formation in the new nation and the survival of the U.S. as a democratic experiment"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Trials $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Treason $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Slavery $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Fugitive slaves $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Antislavery movements $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Riots $z United States $x History. 650 6 $a Proces $z Etats-Unis $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Mouvements antiesclavagistes $z Etats-Unis $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Emeutes $z Etats-Unis $x Histoire. 650 7 $a Antislavery movements $2 fast 650 7 $a Fugitive slaves $x Legal status, laws, etc. $2 fast 650 7 $a Riots $2 fast 650 7 $a Slavery $x Law and legislation $2 fast 650 7 $a Treason $x Law and legislation $2 fast 650 7 $a Trials $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Myrsiades, Linda, 1941- $t From treason to runaway slaves $d Vancouver ; Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2023 $z 9781683933854 $w (DLC) 2023032330 830 0 $a Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517012608.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E19C552E141211EF8F56A7732FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search