{"product_id":"9781616190972","title":"Free Men All","description":"Examines the Impact of the Idealism of the Personal Liberty Laws of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin The Personal Liberty Laws reflected the social ethical commitment to freedom from slavery and as such were among the bricks that laid the foundation for the Fourteenth Amendment. Morris examines those statutes as enacted in the five representative states Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin, and argues that these laws were an alternative to the violence allowed by the southern slave codes and the extreme abolitionist viewpoints of the north.\u003cbr\u003e Thomas D. Morris [1938-] taught in the Department of History, Portland State University and is the author of Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860.\u003cbr\u003e CONTENTS I. Slavery and Emancipation: the Rise of Conflicting Legal Systems II. Kidnapping and Fugitives: Early State and Federal Responses III. State \"Interposition\" 1820-1830: Pennsylvania and New York IV. Assaults Upon the Personal Liberty Laws V. The Antislavery Counterattack VI. The Personal Liberty Laws in the Supreme Court: Prigg v. Pennsylvania VII. The Pursuit of a Containment Policy, 1842-1850\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850\u003cbr\u003eIX. Positive Law, Higher Law, and the Via Media X. Interposition, 1854-1858\u003cbr\u003eXI. Habeas Corpus and Total Repudiation 1859-1860\u003cbr\u003eXII. Denouement Appendix Bibliography Index","brand":"The Lawbook Exchange","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062099591408,"sku":"9781616190972","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616190972_p0.jpg?v=1763850375","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616190972","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}