Southern Slaves in Free State Courts: The Pamphlet Literature (3 Volumes) (Slavery, Race, and the American Legal System)

Southern Slaves in Free State Courts: The Pamphlet Literature. New York: Garland, 1988. 3 Vols. 1,704 pp. With a
New Introduction by Paul Finkelman. Reprinted 2007, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Hardcover. New.

34 Pamphlets reprinted in fascimile, in 3 volumes, with a New
Introduction by Paul Finkelman:
1. Francis Hargrave. An Argument in the Case of James Sommersett aNegro, Lately
Determined by the Court of King's Bench: Wherein it is Attempted to Demonstrate the Present Unlawfulness of
Domestic Slavery in England. To Which is Prefixed a State of the Case. London, 1772. 82pp.
2. Edward Long.
Candid Reflections Upon the Judgement Lately Awarded by the Court of King's Bench, in Westminster-Hall, on What is
Commonly Called the Negro Cause, by a Planter. London, 1772. 76 pp.
3. Britannia Libera, or a Defence of the
Free State of Man in England,Against the Claim of Any Man There as a Slave. London, 1772. 47 pp.
4. Samuel
Estwick. Considerations on the Negro Cause Commonly so Called, Addressed to the Right Honorable Lord Mansfield.
London, 1763. [96] pp.
5. A Letter to Philo Africanus, Upon Slavery; In Answer to His of the 22nd of November,
in the General Evening Post, Together With the Opinions of Sir John Strange, and Other Eminent Lawyers Upon This
Subject, With the Sentence of Lord Mansfield, in the Case of Somerset and Knowles, 1772, With His Lordship's
Explanation of That Opinion in 1786. London, 1788. 40 pp.
6. John Haggard. The Judgment of the Right Hon. Lord
Stowell, Respecting the Slavery of the Mongrel Woman, Grace, On An Appeal From The Vice-Admirality Court of
Antigua. London, 1827. [50] pp.
7. Considerations on Certain Remarks on the Negro Slavery and Abolition
Questions, in Lord Stowell's Judgment in the Case of the Slave "Grace." By a Briton. Newcastle, 1827. 18 pp.
8.
Case of the Slave-Child Med. Report of the Arguments of Counsel and of the Opinion of the Court, in the Case of
Commonwealth vs. Aves;Tried and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Boston, 1836. 40
pp.

Please contact us for a complete list of titles contained in these three volumes. Originally published
as a part of the series Slavery, Race, and the American Legal System, 1700-1872, this set contains facsimiles of
34 rare pamphlets relating to court cases involving the status of slaves in non-slave jurisdictions, including
Somerset v. Stewart (1772) and Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). As in the companion set Fugitive Slaves and American
Courts, some pamphlets were part of the public debate over judicial decisions. Others used a case to promote the
antislavery cause or, in some instances, support or justify slavery.