From treason to runaway slaves legal culture in new Republic trials, 1783-1808 / Linda Myrsiades.
| Author/creator | Myrsiades, Linda S. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Vancouver ; Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities |
| Contents | Trying military law : the Hazen-Reid feud and the case of Judge Advocate General Thomas Edwards, 1783 -- "The crooks of the law" : the trial of Mamachtaga, the Delaware Indian, 1785 -- "A fine peace of Land" : settlers' rights and land titles in George Washington v. James Scott, et al., 1786 -- "Whiskey boys" and the "Pole Gentry" : treason and the whiskey rebellion trials, 1795 -- Sangrado v. the Cloven Foot : the libel trial of Benjamin Rush v. William Cobbett, 1799 -- "I will a tale unfold" : the murder trial of John Joyce and Peter Matthias, 1808. |
| Abstract | "From Treason to Runaway Slaves provides case studies of high-profile trials from the early Republic examined in terms of the period's history, law, and culture. It focuses on a historical period and place crucial to identity formation in the new nation and the survival of the U.S. as a democratic experiment"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Myrsiades, Linda S. From treason to runaway slaves Vancouver ; Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2024] 9781683933847 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023032330 |
| ISBN | 9781683933854 (epub) |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |