Secession on trial : the treason prosecution of Jefferson Davis / Cynthia Nicoletti.

This book focuses on the post-Civil War treason prosecution of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which was seen as a test case on the major question that animated the Civil War: the constitutionality of secession. The case never went to trial because it threatened to undercut the meaning and si...

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Main Author:	Nicoletti, Cynthia (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:	Studies in legal history.
Subjects:	Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889 > Trials, litigation, etc. Trials (Treason) > United States. Secession > United States > History. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108233941
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