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Paul Finkelman, An Imperfect Union: Slavery, Federalism, and Comity. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina, 1981. Pp. xii + 378. $22.00, cloth; $8.95, paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2011

Russell K. Osgood
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Law and History Review , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , Spring 1983 , pp. 155 - 158
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Copyright © the American Society for Legal History, Inc. 1983

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References

1. Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 Howard (60 U.S.) 393 (1857).

2. 18 Pick. (35 Mass.) 193 (1836).

3. Somerset v. Stewart, Lofft 1 (1772) (98 E.R 499) is thought to hold that since slavery could only exist by virtue of positive law, a slave who stepped into England became free automatically.

4. Cover, R. M., Justice Accused: Antislavery and the Judicial Process (New Haven, 1975Google Scholar).

5. Tushnet, M. V., The American Law of Slavery 1810–1860: Considerations of Humanity and Interest (Princeton, 1981Google Scholar).