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03500aam a2200433 i 4500 001 68E0F8489E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 220728t20232023nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022035142 020 $a 1438492642 020 $a 9781438492643 020 $a 1438492650 020 $a 9781438492650 035 $a (OCoLC)1347224399 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d VZL $d SLU $d GWL $d GXR $d WLL $d PUL $d NYP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a KF228.L466 $b R67 2023 100 1 $a Rosenblatt, Albert M., $e author. 245 14 $a The eight : $b the Lemmon Slave Case and the fight for freedom / $c Albert M. Rosenblatt. 264 1 $a Albany, NY : $b Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xviii, 247 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-233) and index. 505 0 $a Life in Bath County, Virgina -- From Virginia to New York -- Rescue -- At the courthouse -- We wish to plead our own cause -- Self-help for the slave owner -- Fugitives -- The court's ruling -- Life, liberty, or property -- The first appeal -- High stakes -- Privileges and immunities -- The voice of humanity -- The final ruling. 520 $a "Tells the story of Lemmon v. New York, or, as it's more popularly known, the Lemmon Slave Case. All but forgotten today, it was one the most momentous civil rights cases in American history. There had been cases in which the enslaved had won their freedom after having resided in free states, but the Lemmon case was unique, posing the question of whether an enslaved person can win freedom by merely setting foot on New York soil--when brought there in the keep of an "owner". The case concerned the fates of eight enslaved people from Virginia, brought through New York in 1852 by their owners, Juliet and Jonathan Lemmon. The Eight were in court seeking, legally, to become people: to change their status under law from objects into human beings. The Eight encountered Louis Napoleon, who took enormous risks to help others. He was part of an anti-slavery movement in which African-Americans played an integral role in the fight for freedom. The case was part of the broader judicial landscape at the time: If a law was morally repugnant but enshrined in the Constitution, what was the duty of the judge? Should there be, as some people advocated, a "higher law" that transcends the written law? These questions were at the heart of the Lemmon case. They were difficult and important ones in the 1850s--and, more than a century and a half later, we must still grapple with them today" -- $c Back cover. 600 10 $a Lemmon, Jonathan, $d active 1852-1860 $x Trials, litigation, etc. 600 10 $a Napoleon, Louis, $d active 1852-1860 $x Trials, litigation, etc. 650 0 $a Slavery $x Cases. $z New York (State) $x History $y 19th century $x Cases. 650 0 $a Habeas corpus $z New York (State) $x Cases. $y 19th century $x Cases. 650 0 $a Slavery $z United States $x Legal status of enslaved persons in free states. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 19th century. 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 653 $a Lemmon v. New York, 20 N.Y. 562 (1860) 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305042807.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219011535.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=68E0F8489E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search