An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity by Paul Finkelman
An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity
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Paul Finkelman
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An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity

Studies in Legal History

Paul Finkelman

390 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction history reference sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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"In short, we have a first-rate study of an important constitutional symbol of disunion." --Donald Roper, American Journal of Legal History 26 (1982) 255. Finkelman describes the judicial turmoil that ensued when slaves were taken into free states...

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