The Negro in American History: A taste of freedom, 1854-1927Mortimer Jerome Adler Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, 1969 - African Americans Vol. 1, A taste of freedom, 1854-1927. Vol. 2, Slaves and masters, 1567-1854. Vol. 3, New Your, New York. |
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Page 422
... Court had no jurisdiction of the case and that the judgment on the plea in abate- ment is erroneous . . The case before us still more strongly imposes upon this Court the duty of examining whether the court below has not committed an ...
... Court had no jurisdiction of the case and that the judgment on the plea in abate- ment is erroneous . . The case before us still more strongly imposes upon this Court the duty of examining whether the court below has not committed an ...
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... Court had no jurisdic- tion to revise the judgment of a state court upon its own laws . This was the point directly before the Court , and the decision that this Court had not jurisdiction turned upon it , as will be seen by the report ...
... Court had no jurisdic- tion to revise the judgment of a state court upon its own laws . This was the point directly before the Court , and the decision that this Court had not jurisdiction turned upon it , as will be seen by the report ...
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... Court's ruling that Negro slaves and the freed descendants of slaves could not claim citizenship or bring suit in court ; that a Negro could not claim the status of a freeman by virtue of residence in a free state ; and that the ...
... Court's ruling that Negro slaves and the freed descendants of slaves could not claim citizenship or bring suit in court ; that a Negro could not claim the status of a freeman by virtue of residence in a free state ; and that the ...
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OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR Nixon v Herndon | 10 |
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