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Who speaks for Margaret Garner?

Title
Who speaks for Margaret Garner? / Mark Reinhardt.
Author
Reinhardt, Mark.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

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Description
xii, 317 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Garner, Margaret > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Garner, Margaret > Public opinion
  • Trials (Infanticide) > Ohio > Cincinnati
  • Infanticide > Ohio > Cincinnati > History > 19th century
  • Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Ohio > Cincinnati
  • Fugitive slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : an extraordinary case? -- Documents -- Escape and capture -- In the Commissioner's Court -- Return -- Requisition? -- Whose sovereignty? : courts in conflict -- The Ohio legislature responds : debate on the floor -- The battle in the press : editorials on the murder -- The battle in the press : editorials on the trial, return, and requisition -- Silence in the deep South : the case of Charleston, South Carolina -- Speeches, sermons, and "interviews" -- Final developments -- Literary sources, literary echoes -- Appendix: Text of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 -- Chronology of key events, 1856-71.
Call Number
Sc E 11-36
ISBN
  • 9780816642588 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0816642583 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816642595 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0816642591 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010030721
OCLC
617508684
Author
Reinhardt, Mark.
Title
Who speaks for Margaret Garner? / Mark Reinhardt.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 11-36
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