Reclamation of Fugitives from Service: An Argument for the Defendant, Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Case of Wharton Jones vs. John Vanzandt (1847) is a legal document written by Salmon Portland Chase. The book presents an argument defending Wharton Jones, who was accused of harboring a fugitive slave named John Vanzandt. The case was brought before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1847. Chase's argument focuses...