TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finkelman,Paul
TI  - Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation’s Highest Court 
T2  - The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures
SN  - 9780674982079
AV  - KF4545.S5 F567 2018eb
U1  - 342.7308/7 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Judges
KW  - United States
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Judicial opinions
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - LAW / Legal History
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Antebellum Constitution and Slavery --; 2. John Marshall: Slave Owner and Jurist --; 3. John Marshall and the African Slave Trade --; 4. Joseph Story: New England Icon in the Service of Slavery --; 5. Roger B. Taney: Slavery’s Great Chief Justice --; Coda --; Notes --; Acknowledgements --; Index of Cases Cited --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In ruling after ruling, the three most important pre–Civil War justices—Marshall, Taney, and Story—upheld slavery. Paul Finkelman establishes an authoritative account of each justice’s proslavery position, the reasoning behind his opposition to black freedom, and the personal incentives that embedded racism ever deeper in American civic life
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