Prigg V. Pennsylvania: Slavery, the Supreme Court, and the Ambivalent Constitution

by H. Robert Baker

Book Overview

Margaret Morgan was born in freedom's shadow. Her parents were slaves of John Ashmore, a prosperous Maryland mill owner who freed many of his slaves in the last years of his life. Ashmore never laid... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700618643
• ISBN13: 9780700618644
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"