Appealing For Liberty
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Appealing For Liberty
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Author : Loren Schweninger
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-03
Appealing For Liberty written by Loren Schweninger and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-03 with History categories.
Dred Scott and his landmark Supreme Court case are ingrained in the national memory, but he was just one of multitudes who appealed for their freedom in courtrooms across the country. Appealing for Liberty is the most comprehensive study to give voice to these African Americans, drawing from more than 2,000 suits and from the testimony of more than 4,000 plaintiffs from the Revolutionary era to the Civil War. Through the petitions, evidence, and testimony introduced in these court proceedings, the lives of the enslaved come sharply and poignantly into focus, as do many other aspects of southern society such as the efforts to preserve and re-unite black families. This book depicts in graphic terms, the pain, suffering, fears, and trepidations of the plaintiffs while discussing the legal systemlawyers, judges, juries, and testimonythat made judgments on their "causes," as the suits were often called. Arguments for freedom were diverse: slaves brought suits claiming they had been freed in wills and deeds, were born of free mothers, were descendants of free white women or Indian women; they charged that they were illegally imported to some states or were residents of the free states and territories. Those who testified on their behalf, usually against leaders of their communities, were generally white. So too were the lawyers who took these cases, many of them men of prominence, such as Francis Scott Key. More often than not, these men were slave owners themselves-- complicating our understanding of race relations in the antebellum period. A majority of the cases examined here were not appealed, nor did they create important judicial precedent. Indeed, most of the cases ended at the county, circuit, or district court level of various southern states. Yet the narratives of both those who gained their freedom and those who failed to do so, and the issues their suits raised, shed a bold and timely light on the history of race and liberty in the "land of the free."
The Appeal Of Liberty
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Author : George Thornton Edwards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The Appeal Of Liberty written by George Thornton Edwards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
An Appeal To The Public For Religious Liberty Against The Oppressions Of The Present Day
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Author : Isaac Backus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1773
An Appeal To The Public For Religious Liberty Against The Oppressions Of The Present Day written by Isaac Backus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1773 with Baptists categories.
An Appeal To The Public For Religious Liberty
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Author : Isaac Backus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-01-21
An Appeal To The Public For Religious Liberty written by Isaac Backus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-21 with categories.
Inasmuch as there appears to us a real need of such an appeal, we would previously offer a few thoughts concerning the general nature of liberty and government, and then shew wherein it appears to us, that our religious rights are encroached upon in this land.It is supposed by multitudes, that in submitting to government we give up some part of our liberty, because they imagine that there is something in their nature incompatible with each other. But the word of truth plainly shews, that man first lost his freedom by breaking over the rules of government; and that those who now speak great swelling words about liberty, while they despise government, are themselves servants of corruption. What a dangerous error, yea, what a root of all evil then must it be, for men to imagine that there is any thing in the nature of true government that interferes with true and full liberty! A grand cause of this evil is, ignorance of what we are, and where we are; for did we view things in their true light, it would appear to be as absurd and dangerous, for us to aspire after any thing beyond our capacity, or out of the rule of our duty, as it would for the frog to swell till he bursts himself in trying to get as big as the ox, or for a beast or fowl to dive into the fishes element till they drown themselves. Godliness with contentment is great gain: But they that will take a contrary course fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which DROWN men in destruction and perdition. 1 Tim. 6:6, 9.The true liberty of man is, to know, obey and enjoy his Creator, and to do all the good unto, and enjoy all the happiness with and in his fellow-creatures that he is capable of; in order to which the law of love was written in his heart, which carries in it's nature union and benevolence to Being in general, and to each being in particular, according to it's nature and excellency, and to it's relation and connexion to and with the supreme Being, and ourselves. Each rational soul, as he is a part of the whole system of rational beings, so it was and is, both his duty and his liberty to regard the good of the whole in all his actions. To love ourselves, and truly to seek our own welfare, is both our liberty and our indispensible duty; but the conceit that man could advance either his honor or happiness, by disobedience instead of obedience, was first injected by the father of lies, and all such conceits ever since are as false as he is.CrossReach Publications
Reservation
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Author : Henry Power Bull
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917
Reservation written by Henry Power Bull and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917 with categories.
An Appeal To All Liberty Loving People
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Author : Dr. Equi Defense Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914
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An Appeal To The Lovers Of Truth And Liberty
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Author : Free Weaver
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1761
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A Short Appeal To The People In Favor Of Liberty And Union
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Author : Alfred
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 183?
A Short Appeal To The People In Favor Of Liberty And Union written by Alfred and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 183? with Nullification (States' rights) categories.
An Appeal To The People Of The United States In Behalf Of The Great Statue Liberty Enlightening The World
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
An Appeal To The People Of The United States In Behalf Of The Great Statue Liberty Enlightening The World written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) categories.
An Appeal To The People Of The United States In Behalf Of The Great Statue Liberty Enlightening The World
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Author : Ya Pamphlet Collection Dlc
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2018-02-18
An Appeal To The People Of The United States In Behalf Of The Great Statue Liberty Enlightening The World written by Ya Pamphlet Collection Dlc and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-18 with History categories.
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