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The Fugitive Slave Rescue Trial of Robert Morris: Benjamin Robbins Curtis on the Road to Dred Scott.

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 | #3367083 in Books |  2013-10-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.33 x5.98l,.48 | File type: PDF | 142 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A Reappraisal of Justice Benjamin Curtis|By George A. Davidson|Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Curtis was not the friend of black Americans the modern reader of his dissent in the Dred Scott case might assume him to be. John Gordan shows that in his earlier role as trial judge in a prosecution of a black lawyer for aiding in the escape of a fugitive slave from a Boston courthou| |This 'small' book packs a large wallop. Gordan navigates the complexities of trial advocacy and trial procedure with unexcelled mastery. His analysis of the complex legal issues, including the power of the jury to rule on questions of law as well as fact, is p

Relying on extensive surviving original records, this book analyzes the November 1851 trial in the federal circuit court of Robert Morris, the second black admitted to practice in Massachusetts, for rescuing a fugitive slave from the custody of the U.S. marshal in the federal courtroom in Boston. It demonstrates that Justice Benjamin Robbins Curtis, a supporter of Daniel Webster and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 presiding under a recess appointment, made two critical ru...

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