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

Supreme Injustice: Slavery in the Nation's Highest Court

Paul Finkelman

304 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 t...

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