Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Subtitle: argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States at January term, 1842 : in which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states
By: by Richard Peters
Contributors: Peters, Richard, 1780-1848; United States. Supreme Court; Pennsylvania. General Assembly
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: Stereotyped by L. Johnson
Published: 1842
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Slavery; Legal status of slaves in free states; Trials; Trials, litigation
Other titles: Edward Prigg, plaintiff in error, v. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, defendant in error; Supreme Court, January term, 1842
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the The American Antiquarian Society.