"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 online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2022)
