List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Dramatis Personae
1. Life in Bath County, Virginia
2. From Virginia to New York
3. Rescue
4. At the Courthouse
5. We Wish to Plead Our Own Cause
6. Self-Help for the Slave Owner
7. Fugitives
8. The Court’s Ruling
9. Life, Liberty, or Property
10. The First Appeal
11. High Stakes
12. Privileges and Immunities
13. The Voice of Humanity
14. The Final Ruling
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
Albert M. Rosenblatt teaches at the New York University School of Law and is a retired Judge of New York State Court of Appeals. His previous books include Opening Statements: Law, Jurisprudence, and the Legacy of Dutch New York (coedited with Julia C. Rosenblatt) and Judith S. Kaye in Her Own Words: Reflections on Life and the Law, with Selected Judicial Opinions and Articles (coedited with Judith S. Kaye and Henry M. Greenberg), both published by SUNY Press.
"Judge Rosenblatt's book not only makes this story accessible to
the general public, but does so on the basis of meticulous research
that will be useful to legal historians and lawyers for many years
to come." — New York Law Journal
"Drawing on court records, newspaper accounts, and legal and
historical scholarship, The Eight is well researched and packed
with interesting illustrations, portraits, and documents." — Hudson
River Valley Review
"In his lucid book, unencumbered by legalese, Rosenblatt narrates
how, upon reaching New York, abolitionists, Black and white,
assisted the eight enslaved people in suing for their freedom. An
1841 New York law granted liberty to any enslaved person brought
into the state. Rosenblatt painstakingly charts the successful
freedom suit in New York City's Superior Court and ultimately its
victory in the New York Court of Appeals." — CHOICE
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