Supreme injustice
Subtitle: slavery in the nation's highest court
By: Paul Finkelman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780674051218
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: United States; Judges; Judicial opinions; Attitudes; United States. Supreme Court; Law and legislation; Slavery; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The antebellum constitution and slavery; title: John Marshall : slave owner and jurist; title: John Marshall and the African slave trade; title: Joseph Story : New England icon in the service of slavery; title: Roger B. Taney : slavery's great chief justice; title: Coda.