The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom by Rosenblatt, Albert M.
The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom by Rosenblatt, Albert M.

The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom

The Eight tells the story of Lemmon v. New York-or, as it's more popularly known, the Lemmon...
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Author: Albert M. Rosenblatt
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The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom by Rosenblatt, Albert M.

The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom

$316.57
The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom by Rosenblatt, Albert M.

The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom

$316.57
Author: Albert M. Rosenblatt
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Eight tells the story of Lemmon v. New York-or, as it's more popularly known, the Lemmon Slave Case. All but forgotten today, it was one of the most momentous civil rights cases in American history. There had been cases in which the enslaved had won their freedom after having resided in free states, but the Lemmon case was unique, posing the question of whether an enslaved person can win freedom by merely setting foot on New York soil-when brought there in the keep of an "owner." The case concerned the fates of eight enslaved people from Virginia, brought through New York in 1852 by their owners, Juliet and Jonathan Lemmon. The Eight were in court seeking, legally, to become people-to change their status under law from objects into human beings. The Eight encountered Louis Napoleon, the son of a slave, an abolitionist activist, and a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad, who took enormous risks to help others. He was part of an anti-slavery movement in which African-Americans played an integral role in the fight for freedom. The case was part of the broader judicial landscape at the time: If a law was morally repugnant but enshrined in the Constitution, what was the duty of the judge? Should there be, as some people advocated, a "higher law" that transcends the written law? These questions were at the heart of the Lemmon case. They were difficult and important ones in the 1850s-and, more than a century and a half later, we must still grapple with them today.

Author: Albert M. Rosenblatt
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo
Published: 04/01/2023
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781438492650

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