Project Gutenberg 2009-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 56 Unknown The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. Carefully Reported, and Compiled from the Written Statements of the Court and the Counsel. Reading ease score: 61.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Bryan Ness, C. St. Charleskindt and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress.) "The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D." by Unknown is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The book details the court trial of Dr. Crandall, who was charged with publishing and distributing seditious materials that incited insurrection among enslaved individuals and free colored people in the District of Columbia. The account explores the legal complexities surrounding the case and the broader implications regarding the rights and treatment of enslaved people in America at that time. The opening of the book sets the stage for a significant historical legal battle, highlighting that this was the first trial of its kind in the U.S. The trial lasted ten days, with both sides presenting extensive arguments on the legality of libelous content that advocated for abolition. As the prosecution and defense build their cases, we are introduced to key testimonies regarding Crandall’s character, his intent, and the nature of the incendiary texts he was accused of circulating, thus revealing both the tension of the era and the intricacies of the legal arguments that shaped the trial's outcome. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Crandall, Reuben, 1805?-1838 -- Trials, litigation, etc. American Anti-Slavery Society Trials (Seditious libel) -- Washington (D.C.) Slavery -- Washington (D.C.) AC KF Text Slavery Browsing: History - American Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Politics 195527 195524 2024-10-12T08:01:35.787391 2023-09-12T10:56:53.440042 text/html text/html 195493 2021-01-04T19:40:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 66187 2021-01-04T19:40:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 137316 2024-10-12T08:01:41.075354 application/epub+zip 138008 2024-10-12T08:01:37.756399 application/epub+zip 138009 2024-10-12T08:01:36.531419 application/epub+zip 288192 2024-10-12T08:01:43.577371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272740 2024-10-12T08:01:40.319365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168269 2022-09-13T07:32:40.266945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179166 178949 2024-10-12T08:01:35.365401 2023-09-12T10:56:53.127020 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 179586 2021-01-04T19:40:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 63242 2021-01-04T19:40:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20882 2024-10-12T08:01:43.704345 application/rdf+xml 15467 2024-10-12T08:01:37.074389 image/jpeg 3852 2024-10-12T08:01:36.795391 image/jpeg 132525 2024-10-12T08:01:35.804396 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Anonymous