REPORT OF THE CASE OF EDWARD PRIGG AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, AT JANUARY TERM, 1842. IN WHICH IT WAS DECIDED THAT ALL THE LAWS OF THE SEVERAL STATES RELATIVE TO FUGITIVE SLAVES ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND VOID; AND THAT CONGRESS HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE POWER OF LEGISLATION ON THE SUBJECT OF FUGITIVE SLAVES ESCAPING INTO OTHER STATES.
Philadelphia: Stereotyped by L. Johnson, 1842. 140pp, scattered light foxing. Bound in brown institutional cloth with bookplate on front pastedown; withdrawal stamp on the institution's endpaper. Ownership signature "R. W. Thompson" on front free endpaper. Occasional light pencil underlining. Good plus. This is the first edition of "the earliest of..... More
