Prigg v. Pennsylvania: Slavery, the Supreme Court, and the Ambivalent Constitution
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Margaret Morgan was born in freedom's shadow. Her parents were slaves of John Ashmore, a prosperous Maryland mill owner who freed many of his slaves in the last years of his life. Ashmore never laid claim to Margaret, who eventually married a free black man and moved to Pennsylvania. Then, John Ashmore's widow sent Edward Prigg to Pennsylvania to claim Margaret as a runaway. Prigg seized Margaret and her children--one of them born in Pennsylvania--and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0700618651
ISBN13:9780700618651
Release Date:October 2012
Publisher:University Press of Kansas
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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