Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states -- Cases
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Case of Passmore Williamson: Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the Case of the United States of America Ex Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, Including the Several Opinions Delivered; and the Arguments of Counsel, Reported by Arthur Cannon, Esq., Phonographer (Philadelphia: U. Hunt and Son, 1856), ed. by Arthur Cannon, contrib. by United States District Court, Pennsylvania Eastern District and John H. Wheeler- Case of The Slave-Child, Med: Report of the Arguments of Counsel, and of the Opinion of the Court in the Case of Commonwealth vs. Aves, Tried and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Boston: I. Knapp, 1836), contrib. by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- The Case of Dred Scott in The United States Supreme Court: The Full Opinions of Chief Justice Taney And Justice Curtis, and Abstracts of the Opinions of the Other Judges; With an Analysis of the Points Ruled, and Some Concluding Observations (New York: Greeley and McElrath, 1857), by United States Supreme Court, contrib. by Roger Brooke Taney and Benjamin Robbins Curtis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Case of the Slave Isaac Brown: An Outrage Exposed (ca. 1847) (page images and text at Library of Congress)
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Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bibliography of American cases (Library of Congress :, 1985), by Paul Finkelman and Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
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Filed under: Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states- Reclamation of Fugitives From Service: An Argument for the Defendant, Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, at the December Term, 1846, in the Case of Wharton Jones vs. John Vanzandt (Cincinnati: Printed by R. P. Donogh and Co., 1847), by Salmon P. Chase
- History of Negro Servitude in Illinois, and of the Slavery Agitation in That State, 1719-1864 (Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Co., 1904), by Norman Dwight Harris (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Narrative of Facts in the Case of Passmore Williamson (page images at MOA)
- Atrocious judges. Lives of judges infamous as tools of tyrants and instruments of oppression. (Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856), by Baron John Campbell, Richard Hildreth, and Passmore Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson (Pub. by the Pennsylvania anti-slavery society, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The history of negro servitude in Illinois, and of the slavery agitation in that state, 1719-1864 (A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904), by Norman Dwight Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford. (C. Wendell, 1857), by United States Supreme Court and Benjamin C. Howard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dred Scott decision (Published by the Congressional Republican Committee, 1860), by Israel Washburn and Republican Congressional Committee (page images at HathiTrust)
- Case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the proceedings on the writ of habeas corpus (U. Hunt & son, 1856), by Passmore Williamson, Arthur Cannon, John K. Kane, John H. Wheeler, and United States District Court, Pennsylvania Eastern District (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Dred Scott decision : opinion of Chief Justice Taney (Van Evrie, Horton, 1863), by United States Supreme Court, Samuel A. Cartwright, John H. Van Evrie, Roger Brooke Taney, John F. A. Sanford, and Dred Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- The case of the Creole considered in a second letter to the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton ... (J. Hatchard and Son, 1842), by Robert Phillimore (page images at HathiTrust)
- The history of Negro servitude in Illinois and of the slavery agitation in that State, 1719-1864 (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Norman Dwight Harris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Lemmon slave case. (H. Greeley & Co., 1860), by New York (State). Court of Appeals, Louis Napoleon, Jonathan Lemmon, and New York (State) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Letter of Judge Douglas in reply to the speech of Dr. Gwin at Grass Valley, Cal. (s.n., 1859), by Stephen A. Douglas (page images at HathiTrust)
- Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson. (Pub. by the Pennsylvania anti-slavery society, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The history of negro servitude in Illinois, and of the slavery agitation in that state, 1719-1864. (A. C. McClurg, 1904), by Norman Dwight Harris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Examination of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Strader, Gorman and Armstrong vs. Christopher Graham, delivered at its December term, 1850 : concluding with an address to the free colored people, advising them to remove to Liberia (Truman & Spofford, publishers, 1852), by James Gillespie Birney and United States Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)
- Two speeches, by Frederick Douglass; : one on West India emancipation, delivered at Canandaigua, Aug. 4th, and the other on the Dred Scott decision, delivered in New York, on the occasion of the anniversary of the American Abolition Society, May, 1857. (C.P. Dewey, printer, American Office, 1857), by Frederick Douglass, C. P. Dewey, N.Y.) American Office (Rochester, and American Abolition Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dred Scott, (a colored man,) vs. John F.A. Sandford. : Argument of Montgomery Blair, of counsel for the plaintiff in error. (Gideon, printer, 511 Ninth street, Washington, D.C., 1856), by Montgomery Blair, Jacob Gideon, John F. A. Sanford, Dred Scott, and United States Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)
- Case of the slave-child, Med : report of the arguments of counsel, and of the opinion of the court, in the case of Commonwealth vs. Aves : tried and determined in the Supreme judicial court of Massachusetts. (I. Knapp, 1836), by Thomas Aves and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (page images at HathiTrust)
- Personal liberty laws, (statutes of Massachusetts), and slavery in the territories, (case of Dred Scott) (Wright & Potter, printers, 1861), by Joel Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
- Argument of Wendell Phillips, esq. against the repeal of the personal liberty law (R. F. Wallcut, 1861), by Wendell Phillips and J. M. W. Yerrinton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Speech of Hon. Eli S. Shorter, of Alabama, on the Massachusetts personal liberty bill and the constitutional rights of the South. Delivered in the House of representatives April 9, 1856. (Printed at the Union office, 1856), by Eli Sims Shorter (page images at HathiTrust)
- An appeal for freedom : made in the Assembly of the State of New York, March 7th, 1859 (Weed, Parsons, 1859), by Charles S. Spencer and New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
- A few suggestions upon the personal liberty law and "secession" (so called). In a letter to a friend. (Printed by J. Wilson and Son, 1861), by Benjamin Franklin Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
- Speech of Hon. Theophilus C. Callicot of Kings, against the Personal liberty bill. (Comstock & Cassidy, printers, 1860), by Theophilus Carey Callicot (page images at HathiTrust)
- Slavery in the territories (Wright & Potter, printers, 1861), by Joel Parker and Dred Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- Argument of Wendell Phillips, esq. against the repeal of the personal liberty law, before the committee of the legislature, Tuesday, January 29, 1861. (R. F. Wallcut, 1861), by Wendell Phillips and J. M. W. Yerrinton (page images at HathiTrust)
- A reading upon the personal liberty laws of Massachusetts (s.n., 1861), by Charles G. Loring (page images at HathiTrust)
- Speech of Hon. Eli S. Shorter, of Alabama, on the Massachusetts Personal Liberty Bill and the constitutional rights of the South. (Printed at the Union Office, 1856), by Eli Sims Shorter (page images at HathiTrust)
- The case of Nathaniel Jennison : for attempting to hold a Negro as a slave in Massachusetts in 1781 (Press of John Wilson and Son, 1874), by William Cushing and Massachusetts Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- O znachenii lichnosti u nas i na Zapade. (M. Stasi︠u︡levich, 1906), by M. V. I︠U︡zefovich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Trial of Thomas Sims, on an issue of personal liberty, on the claim of James Potter, of Georgia, against him, as an alleged fugitive from service. Arguments of Robert Rantoul, jr., and Charles G. Loring, with the decision of George T. Curtis. Boston, April 7-11, 1851. (W.S. Damrell & co., 1851), by Thomas Sims, James W. Stone, James Potter, George Ticknor Curtis, Charles G. Loring, Robert Rantoul, James E. Potter, and United States. Circuit court commissioners (1st circuit) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro (Carnegie Institution of Washington publication #374, 5 volumes, 1926-1937), ed. by Helen Tunnicliff Catterall and James J. Hayden, contrib. by David Maydole Matteson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Negro Universities Press, 1968), by James J. Hayden and Helen Tunnicliff Catterall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Case of Dred Scott in The United States Supreme Court: The Full Opinions of Chief Justice Taney And Justice Curtis, and Abstracts of the Opinions of the Other Judges; With an Analysis of the Points Ruled, and Some Concluding Observations (New York: Greeley and McElrath, 1857), by United States Supreme Court, contrib. by Roger Brooke Taney and Benjamin Robbins Curtis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Slavery in the courtroom : an annotated bibliography of American cases (Library of Congress :, 1985), by Paul Finkelman and Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
- Case of the Slave Isaac Brown: An Outrage Exposed (ca. 1847) (page images and text at Library of Congress)
- Case of The Slave-Child, Med: Report of the Arguments of Counsel, and of the Opinion of the Court in the Case of Commonwealth vs. Aves, Tried and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (Boston: I. Knapp, 1836), contrib. by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey, Relative to The Manumission of Negroes and Others Holden in Bondage (Burlington, NJ: Printed for "The New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," by I. Neale, 1794), by New Jersey Supreme Court, ed. by Joseph Bloomfield and New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
- Case of Passmore Williamson: Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the Case of the United States of America Ex Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, Including the Several Opinions Delivered; and the Arguments of Counsel, Reported by Arthur Cannon, Esq., Phonographer (Philadelphia: U. Hunt and Son, 1856), ed. by Arthur Cannon, contrib. by United States District Court, Pennsylvania Eastern District and John H. Wheeler
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