Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Highest Court by Paul Finkelman

Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Highest Court

Paul Finkelman

236 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The three most important Supreme Court Justices before the Civil War―Chief Justices John Marshall and Roger B. Taney and Associate Justice Joseph Story―upheld the institution of slavery in ruling after ruling. These opinions cast a shadow over the...

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