Seward's law country lawyering, relational rights, and slavery / Peter Charles Hoffer.

Portion of title Country lawyering, relational rights, and slavery
Contents "There Is No Law of This State Which Recognizes Slavery" : Governor of New York -- "Harboring and Concealing a Weary and Fainting Slave" : Antislavery Litigator -- "There Is a Higher Law than the Constitution" : Conscience Whig Senator -- "An Irrepressible Conflict between Opposing and Enduring Forces" : Republican Party Campaigner -- "I Am to Engage in Conducting a War against a Portion of the American People" : Secretary of State -- "To the Arbitrament of Courts of Law and to the Councils of Legislation" : Hesitant Emancipator -- "The Union Has Been Rescued from All Its Perils" : Elder Statesman.
Abstract "A study of the legal practice of New York State politician William Henry Seward, with emphasis on his adoption of "relational rights" and its application to slavery"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2022010576
ISBN9781501767333 (hardcover)
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