Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-194) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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