Free Men All

by Thomas Morris and Thomas Morris

Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Personal Liberty Laws reflected the social ethical commitment to freedom from slavery and as such were among the bricks that laid the foundation for the Fourteenth Amendment. Morris examines those statutes as enacted in the five representative states Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin, and argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801815053
• ISBN13: 9780801815058
• Release Date: March 1974
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.