Excerpt from Speech of Salmon P. Chase, in the Case of the Colored Woman, Matilda, Who Was Brought Before the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio, by Writ of Habeas Corpus: March 11, 1837

I now approach another and more important aspect of this case. I have hitherto discussed the effect of the act of con gress: I now propose to examine the constitutionality of that act.

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