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Lincoln apostate : the Matson slave trial /

Authors:
McKirdy, Charles Robert,
Item ID:
71201402400024
Publisher:
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, �2011.
ISBN:
9781604739855 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Call Number:
KF228.B778 .M38 2011
Physical Description:
ix, 171 pages ; 24 cm
Topic:
Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states -- Cases.
Habeas corpus -- Illinois -- Coles County -- Cases.
Bryant, Jane -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Matson, Robert, 1796-1859 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Career in law.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-166) and index.; A dark canvas -- The initial hearing -- The lawyers : Lincoln -- The lawyers : Ficklin, Constable, and Linder -- The law -- The trial -- The coils of friendship.
OCLC Number:
ocn664519635
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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