Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
Fall 2013
Publication Citation
105 Law Library Journal 540 (2013)
Abstract
In 1842, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Prigg v. Pennsylvania, resolving a dispute about fugitive slave rendition that had raged between the states for decades. H. Robert Baker’s analysis of the decision and the events that led up to it is the first book-length work to investigate Prigg and its place in American history. Baker traces the development of fugitive slave laws and recounts the heart-wrenching story that lies behind Prigg to shed light on the Supreme Court’s decision and the gradual clarification of American federalism.
Recommended Citation
deMaine, Susan David, "Review of Prigg v. Pennsylvania: Slavery, the Supreme Court, and the Ambivalent Constitution" (2013). Articles by Maurer Faculty. 2876.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facpub/2876
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Comments
Review of:
Baker, H. Robert. Prigg v. Pennsylvania: Slavery, the Supreme Court, and the Ambivalent Constitution. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2012. 202p. $34.95