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03397aam a2200541 i 4500 001 ACBBE638851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231117010120 008 220802t20222022nyub b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022010576 020 $a 150176733X 020 $a 9781501767333 035 $a (OCoLC)1338842435 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d COO $d YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d TOH $d GWL $d MUU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E415.9.S4 $b H64 2022 100 1 $a Hoffer, Peter Charles, $d 1944- $e author. 245 10 $a Seward's law : $b country lawyering, relational rights, and slavery / $c Peter Charles Hoffer. 264 1 $a Ithaca [New York] : $b Cornell University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 199 pages : $b maps ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-194) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The country lawyer -- "There is no law of this state which recognizes slavery" : Governor of New York -- "Harboring and concealing a weary and fainting slave" : antislavery litigator -- "There is a higher law than the Constitution" : Conscience Whig senator -- "An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces" : Republican party campaigner -- "I am to engage in conducting a war against a portion of the American people" : Secretary of State -- "To the arbitrament of courts of law and to the councils of legislation" : hesitant emancipator -- "The Union has been rescued from all its perils" : elder statesman -- Conclusion: Seward's law. 520 $a "A study of the legal practice of New York State politician William Henry Seward, with emphasis on his adoption of "relational rights" and its application to slavery"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Seward, William H. $q (William Henry), $d 1801-1872. 600 10 $a Seward, William H. $q (William Henry), $d 1801-1872 $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Seward, William H. $q (William Henry), $d 1801-1872 $x Influence. 600 17 $a Seward, William H. $q (William Henry), $d 1801-1872. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00000301 650 0 $a Country lawyers $z New York (State) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Practice of law $x History $z New York (State) $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Slavery $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Antislavery movements $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a Antislavery movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00810800 650 7 $a Country lawyers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00881404 650 7 $a Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00972484 650 7 $a Political and social views. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 650 7 $a Practice of law $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01074549 650 7 $a Slavery $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120480 651 7 $a New York (State) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210280 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / General. $2 bisacsh 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944- $t Seward's law $d Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 $z 9781501767340 $w (DLC) 2022010577 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117025650.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ACBBE638851711EEB4A9908744ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search