{"product_id":"the-eight-the-lemmon-slave-case-and-the-fight-for-freedom-paperback","title":"The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlbert M. Rosenblatt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe personal and legal struggle of eight enslaved people for freedom in New York in the period just before the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGold Winner of the 2023 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e INDIES Book of the Year Award in the History category \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eight\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of \u003ci\u003eLemmon v. New York\u003c\/i\u003e-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 \u003ci\u003ebecome people\u003c\/i\u003e-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert M. Rosenblatt \u003c\/b\u003eteaches at the New York University School of Law and is a retired Judge of New York State Court of Appeals. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eOpening Statements: Law, Jurisprudence, and the Legacy of Dutch New York\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Julia C. Rosenblatt) and \u003ci\u003eJudith S. Kaye in Her Own Words: Reflections on Life and the Law, with Selected Judicial Opinions and Articles\u003c\/i\u003e (coedited with Judith S. Kaye and Henry M. Greenberg), both published by SUNY Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 266\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2024)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47442267340978,"sku":"9781438492643","price":37.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1ebe3db1005d11fd48d5ad0c72668ea3.webp?v=1778690290","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-eight-the-lemmon-slave-case-and-the-fight-for-freedom-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}