Download or read book Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania by William Rawle written by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania written by William Rawle and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania written by Pennsylvania. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania written by William Rawle and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Digest of the Reported Cases Adjudged in the Several Courts Held in Pennsylvania written by Thomas Isaac Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania written by Charles Bingham Penrose and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Digest of the Reported Cases Adjudged in the Several Courts Held in Pennsylvania Together with Some Manuscript Cases Second Edition Vol 2 Containing the Cases Published Since the Fifteenth Vol of Sergeant and Rawle written by Thomas Isaac WHARTON and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book On the Edge of Freedom written by David G. Smith and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In On the Edge of Freedom, David G. Smith breaks new ground by illuminating the unique development of antislavery sentiment in south central Pennsylvania—a border region of a border state with a complicated history of slavery, antislavery activism, and unequal freedom. During the antebellum decades every single fugitive slave escaping by land east of the Appalachian Mountains had to pass through the region, where they faced both significant opportunities and substantial risks. While the hundreds of fugitives traveling through south central Pennsylvania (defined as Adams, Franklin, and Cumberland counties) during this period were aided by an effective Underground Railroad, they also faced slave catchers and informers. “Underground” work such as helping fugitive slaves appealed to border antislavery activists who shied away from agitating for immediate abolition in a region with social, economic, and kinship ties to the South. And, as early antislavery protests met fierce resistance, area activists adopted a less confrontational approach, employing the more traditional political tools of the petition and legal action. Smith traces the victories of antislavery activists in south central Pennsylvania, including the achievement of a strong personal liberty law and the aggressive prosecution of kidnappers who seized innocent African Americans as fugitives. He also documents how their success provoked Southern retaliation and the passage of a strengthened Fugitive Slave Law in 1850. The Civil War then intensified the debate over fugitive slaves, as hundreds of escaping slaves, called “contrabands,” sought safety in the area, and scores were recaptured by the Confederate army during the Gettysburg campaign. On the Edge of Freedom explores in captivating detail the fugitive slave issue through fifty years of sectional conflict, war, and reconstruction in south central Pennsylvania and provocatively questions what was gained by the activists’ pragmatic approach of emphasizing fugitive slaves over immediate abolition and full equality. Smith argues that after the war, social and demographic changes in southern Pennsylvania worked against African Americans’ achieving equal opportunity, and although local literature portrayed this area as a vanguard of the Underground Railroad, African Americans still lived “on the edge of freedom.” By the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was rallying near the Gettysburg battlefield, and south central Pennsylvania became, in some ways, as segregated as the Jim Crow South. The fugitive slave issue, by reinforcing images of dependency, may have actually worked against the achievement of lasting social change.
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Download or read book The Negro in Pennsylvania written by Edward Raymond Turner and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1911 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro in Pennsylvania: Slavery-Servitude-Freedom 1639-1861 [1912]
Download or read book Across the River written by Michael Maloney and published by Michael Maloney. This book was released on 2024-09-20 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Decoration Day 1881, the tranquil morning silence at Coyle’s Ferry was shattered by the sound of gunshots, and in an instant Emily Myers lay dead at the hand of John Coyle, Jr. Although his guilt was never in question, he claimed he was in love with Emily and was driven insane by her continual rejections. Coyle’s subsequent murder trials and multiple appeals became local headlines, and the public outcry surrounding the use of the “insanity dodge” was immediate and intense. The setting of the tragedy was the Susquehanna River crossing now known as Accomac. As early as 1727, Reverend James Anderson began ferrying settlers bound for points west. Hotly contested by the colonies and coveted for potential mineral wealth, the area prospered over the next three centuries and was the scene of numerous historical crossings and events. While undergoing changes in ownership, Accomac witnessed the birth of the United States, endured the struggle of the Civil War, and survived the greed-driven growth and eventual financial crash of the town of Marietta. During the 1800s, the declining need for ferry services began to take its toll. Always adapting, Accomac expanded into a thriving hotel, tavern, fishery, sawmill, and resort destination. Pulled from local news headlines, court records, trial transcripts, and land records, this story weaves together the history of the Accomac river crossing, the town of Marietta, and the untimely death of an innocent young girl. Against a rich historical backdrop, the murder and ensuing legal proceedings provide a compelling account of life Across the River.
