A Legal Argument Before the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, at the May Term, 1845, at Trenton, for the Deliverance of Four Thousand Persons from Bondage

Name: A Legal Argument Before the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey, at the May Term, 1845, at Trenton, for the Deliverance of Four Thousand Persons from Bondage
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Author: Alvan Stewart

by Alvan Stewart

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52pp. 8vo. Disbound, retaining original green upper wrapper. Institutional ink stamp on titlepage. Good. Felcone, New Jersey Books 1315; Sabin 91629. Item #354162 Alvan Stewart 1790-1849 was a lawyer and passionate abolitionist. According to Felcone, this case focused on whether or not the New Jersey constitution abolished slavery as well as the involuntary servitude of the children of slaves. It seems that Mr. Stewart presented a rather

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