Ethics Under Slavery’s Constitution: Edward Loring and William Wetmore Story

We can greatly admire Paul Finkelman's paper on the rendition of Anthony Burns in 1854 and the problematic role played by Judge Edward Loring in returning Burns to Southern bondage. Professor Finkelman draws thoughtfully from original source materials of this famous case in the harnessing of political feeling against slavery, including the diary of Richard Henry Dana, the papers of Senator Charles Sumner, and the records of Harvard College.