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The FORENSIO ARGUMENTS in this volume include Mr. Seward's pleas in the case of J. Fenimore Cooper vs. Greeley & McElrath ; in defence of William Freeman ; in the case of Jones vs. Van Zandt , under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 ...
The FORENSIO ARGUMENTS in this volume include Mr. Seward's pleas in the case of J. Fenimore Cooper vs. Greeley & McElrath ; in defence of William Freeman ; in the case of Jones vs. Van Zandt , under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 ...
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... Law of — Freeman's Trial - Fugitive Slave ase - Patent Causes - Detroit Case - Constitutional Convention - Gen . Taylor - Elected Senator - State of Parties — President Taylor - Review of byis Speeches in the Senate - Conclusion .
... Law of — Freeman's Trial - Fugitive Slave ase - Patent Causes - Detroit Case - Constitutional Convention - Gen . Taylor - Elected Senator - State of Parties — President Taylor - Review of byis Speeches in the Senate - Conclusion .
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Van Zandt , in Supreme Court of the United States , Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 — Case of Many vs. Treadwell Invention - Defence of Abel F. Fitch and Others , Detroit , 1851 . ( See Index on page 539. ) 9 L BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF WILLIAM ...
Van Zandt , in Supreme Court of the United States , Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 — Case of Many vs. Treadwell Invention - Defence of Abel F. Fitch and Others , Detroit , 1851 . ( See Index on page 539. ) 9 L BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF WILLIAM ...
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Seward also procured the passage of an act by the legislature , allowing the benefit of a jury trial to persons claimed as fugitive slaves . He defended this right with his usual fervid eloquence , and it was mainly through his efforts ...
Seward also procured the passage of an act by the legislature , allowing the benefit of a jury trial to persons claimed as fugitive slaves . He defended this right with his usual fervid eloquence , and it was mainly through his efforts ...
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Three colored seamen belonging to the vessel , who had expressed their sympathy with the fugitive , were charged with ... of the constitution of the United States , and the act of Congress of 1793 , concerning fugitives from justice .
Three colored seamen belonging to the vessel , who had expressed their sympathy with the fugitive , were charged with ... of the constitution of the United States , and the act of Congress of 1793 , concerning fugitives from justice .
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2009 |
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