ANTEBELLUM ENIGMA: JUSTICE WOODBURY DAVIS, THE MAINE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, AND THE ANTISLAVERY CONSTITUTION

In 1856, abolition activist Woodbury Davis joined the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (SIC) and quickly became its most radical member. Davis was an antebellum enigma: a high-ranking judge who advocated for Black voting rights, rejected the federal consensus that Congress could not pass laws interferin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Boston College law review 2024-01, Vol.65 (1), p.161-203
1. Verfasser:	Callahan, James
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abolition of slavery Black people Civil war Consensus Constitutional law Constitutionalism Constitutions Free blacks Fugitive Slave Act 1793-US Fugitive Slave Act 1850-US Judges & magistrates Judiciary Justice Law Natural law Politics Radicalism Slave trade Voting rights
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