Anne Eames

An Imperfect Union

• Author(s): Paul Finkelman

• Categories: History

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2013-09
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• Publisher: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

"In short, we have a first-rate study of an important constitutional symbol of disunion." --Donald Roper, American Journal of Legal History 26 (1982) 255. Finkelman describes the judicial turmoil that ensued when slaves were taken into free states and the resultant issues of comity, conflict of laws, interstate cooperation, Constitutional obligations, and the nationalization of slavery. "Other scholars have defined the antebellum constitutional crisis largely in terms of the extension of slavery to the territories and the return of fugitive slaves. Finkelman's study demonstrates that the comity problem was also an important dimension of intersectional tension. It is a worthy addition to the ...

Maine in War, Organization and Officers of the Society, what the Society Has Accomplished, Constitution of the Society, Roll of Members, Officers of National Society, Constitution of the National Society

• Author(s): Sons of the American Revolution. Maine Society

• Categories: Maine

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1897
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland

• Author(s): Ireland. (Archdiocese), Ireland. Public Record Office

• Categories: Archives

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1898
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837

• Author(s): William John Charles Moens

• Categories: Hampshire (England)

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1893
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Haven, of Lynn

• Author(s): Josiah Adams

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1849
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• Publisher: Unknown

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