| Description |
1 online resource (210 pages) |
| Contents |
"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" : Wary Emancipator -- "The Union Has Been Rescued from All Its Perils" : Elder Statesman |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
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Country lawyers
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United States.
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New York (State)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022010577 |
| ISBN |
1501767356 |
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9781501767357 |
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1501767348 |
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9781501767340 |
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