Scholars from around the country will convene at a major public conference at Albany Law School in June for “The Civil War on Trial: Legal Issues that Divided a Nation” to discuss the legal issues that led to and defined the Civil War and post-war reconstruction.
Topics will include:
- The Fugitive Slave Act and Secession
- Rights of Secession / States’ Rights
- Emancipation and Presidential Power
- Civil Liberties: Free Press
- Civil Liberties: Habeas Corpus
- Recruitment of Black Troops
- The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Military Justice
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