A LEGAL ARGUMENT BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AT THE MAY TERM, 1845, AT TRENTON, FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF FOUR THOUSAND PERSONS FROM BONDAGE.
New York. 1845. 52pp. Dbd., retaining original front printed wrapper. Minor, mostly marginal foxing. Institutional ink stamp on titlepage. Good. Alvan Stewart (1790-1849) was a lawyer and passionate abolitionist. According to Felcone, this case focused on whether or not the New Jersey constitution "abolished slavery as well as the involuntary.....