Reclamation of Fugitives from Services: 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

Chase, Salmon P.; Van Zandt, John; Chase, Salmon; Jones, Wharton

ISBN 10: 0836987268 / ISBN 13: 9780836987263

Published by Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, NY, 1971

About this Item

Originally published in 1847. The famous case involved Defendant John Van Zandt, an Anti-Slavery Ohioan who was the model for the character John Van Trompe in Harrier Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, who had asisted 9 fugitive slaves just north of the Kentucky border.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reclamation of Fugitives from Services: 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
• Publisher: Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, NY
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0836987268
• ISBN 13: 9780836987263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Ex-library with Usual Faults
• Seller catalogs:
  • Black Studies

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Synopsis

This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection