Bryant, Jonathan M.

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

The Antelope, 23 U.S. 66, 144 (1825)

KF228.A673 / B79 2015

342.087 BRY