Jeffrey L. Amestoy
Slavish Shore
Jeffrey L. Amestoy · 2015
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A biography of Richard Henry Dana Jr., a nineteenth-century lawyer who championed sailors and slaves, and was at the center of some of the most consequential cases in American history: defending fugitive slave Anthony Burns, justifying President Lincoln's war powers before the Supreme Court, and prosecuting Confederate president Jefferson Davis for treason. --book jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2015
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780674088191
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