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A LANDMARK CASE (SLAVERY and ABOLITION.) [ARTHUR, CHESTER A.] N. Y. Court of Appeals. Report of the Lemmon Slave Case. 8vo, original letered
A LANDMARK CASE (SLAVERY and ABOLITION.) [ARTHUR, CHESTER A.] N. Y. Court of Appeals. Report of the Lemmon Slave Case. 8vo, original letered wrappers, New York, 1860
- Notes: first edition. The Lemmon case, in the words of Paul Finkelman (Slavery in the Courtroom), "... represent[s] the fullest legal examination of slave transit and comity before the Civil War." In 1852, the Lemmons of Virginia were travelling to Texas via New York with eight slaves. While stopped in New York, a Black named Louis Napoleon noticed the slaves and secured a writ of habeas corpus on their behalf. Judge Elijah Paine released the slaves after hearing the case. However, the Lemmons appealed the case to the New York Supreme Court where the decision of the lower court was upheld (1857). The case was then sent to the New York Court of Appeals where again it was decided in favor of the slaves (1860). The next step would have been the United States Supreme Court, but Lincoln's election and the Sourthern secession put an end to any further appeal. The case in the Court of Appeals, offered here, was argued for the People by Chester A. Arthur, future president.
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