The dragon St. George could not slay: Tucker's plan to end slavery.(The Legacy of St. George Tucker)

From: William and Mary Law Review | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

In his brilliant and provocative book Justice Accused, (1) the late Robert Cover considered the slavery jurisprudence of St. George Tucker as expressed in the case of Hudgins v. Wrights. (2) In that case, Tucker upheld the freedom of the members of an Indian family whom Hudgins claimed as slaves. (3) In the lower court, Chancellor George Wythe, who had been Tucker's teacher at The College of William and Mary, declared the Wright family to be free on two grounds. (4) The first ground was racial and quite matter-of-fact. Wythe found that because the Wrights were Indians and not ...

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