George Ticknor Curtis

Gebundenes Buch

The Constitutional Power of Congress Over the Territories. An Argument Delivered in the Supreme Court of the United States, December 18, 1856, in the

Beschreibung

A landmark legal treatise arguing against the infamous Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which upheld slavery and denied citizenship rights to African Americans in the territories of the United States. Curtis's eloquent and passionate defense of the unenumerated rights of all people against arbitrary state power remains relevant today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 46
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781020028762
• ISBN-10: 1020028769
• Artikelnr.: 71672880