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Prigg v. Pennsylvania: Slavery, The Supreme Court, and the Ambivalent Constitution
By Baker, H. Robert
- ISBN
- 978-0-70061-186-4 978-0-70061-186-1
- Publisher
- Univ. of Kansas
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Reviewed on September 1, 2012 | Law & Crime
The landmark 1842 Supreme Court case Prigg v. Pennsylvania established the supremacy of federal fugitive slave law at a time when many Northern states had either ended or were phasing out slavery. The case arose when Pennsylvania indicted Edward Prigg for forcibly removing an ex-slave and her children to Maryland. Pennsylvania’s personal liberty law stipulated that fugitives receive due process. Maryland would not extradite Prigg fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
