Dark places of the earth : the voyage of the slave ship Antelope
/ Jonathan M. Bryant
- First edition.
- New York bLiveright Publishing Corp., 2015
- 376 p. : illus. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-357) and index.
Sea -- Savannah -- Washington, D.C. -- Legacies.
A professor of history who specializes in slavery and constitutional law investigates one of the most significant - and unjustly forgotten - Supreme Court cases in American history involving the slave ship Antelope and the three hundred African lives at stake.
English.
9780871406750
Antelope (Ship : active 1820)---Trails, litigation, etc.
Slavery---Law and legislation---History---Cases---United States---19th century Slave ships---History---United States---19th century Prize law---History---Cases---United States---19th century Trials (Piracy)---United States---History---19th century