Title: A confederate in congress
Description: "This first ever book-length analysis of the unusual trial examines the prevailing opinions in Southern Maryland and in the War Department regarding slavery, treason and the Constitution's guarantee of property rights and freedom of speech"--
Subjects: Politics and government, United States, Trials, litigation, Officials and employees, Law and legislation, Slavery, Military courts, United States. Congress, Trials (Treason), Secession, Biography, History, Harrison, benjamin, 1833-1901, United states, congress, biography, Slavery, law and legislation, united states, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, United states, politics and government, 1861-1865, Trials, united states
Places: United States, Washington (D.C.), Maryland, Southern Maryland
People: Benjamin G. Harris (1806-1895)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-1865