Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro [5 VOLS., COMPLETE]
New York: Octagon Books, 1968. Later printing. Hardcover. Large octavo (10-1/4" x 6-3/4"). 5 volumes. Indices. Red cloth, spines lettered in gilt (a bit dulled). A nice, clean set, but ex-library with rubber stamps on title pages, and pockets on rear pastedowns.
Under each state, the cases are set in chronological order, cases in the federal courts arising in that state being incorporated in the places where their dates would bring them. The compilation has been brought to a close, in each state, at the end of the year 1875"-- (Preface)
Contents: v. 1. Cases from the courts of England, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.--v. 2. Cases from the courts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.--v. 3. Cases from the courts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.--v. 4. Cases from the courts of New England, the middle States, and the District of Columbia.--v. 5. Cases from the courts of States north of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi Rivers, Canada and Jamaica.
This is a 1968 reprint of the 5 volumes originally published by Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1926-1937. Very good +. Item #53439
Price: $750.00