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Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, at January term, 1842. In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void; and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states.

Title: Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, at January term, 1842. In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void; and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. By Richard Peters, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Author: Prigg, Edward
Publication: Philadelphia, Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1842.

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140 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

Fugitive slaves > United States

Call Number

Sc Rare 326.973-P (Prigg, E. Report of the case of Edward Prigg)

LCCN

20012721

OCLC

4105777

Author

Prigg, Edward, plaintiff in error.

Title

Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, at January term, 1842. In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void; and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. By Richard Peters, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Philadelphia, Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1842.

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Peters, Richard, 1780-1848.

Pennsylvania, defendant in error.

United States. Supreme Court.

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Sc Rare 326.973-P (Prigg, E. Report of the case of Edward Prigg)

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