Argument of William H. Seward, in defence of William Freeman

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Seward, in defence of William Freeman, on his trial for murder, at Auburn, July 21st and 22d, On the afternoon of JWilliam H. Seward rose to give his closing argument in a local murder case.

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Argument of William H. Seward, in Defence of William Freeman, on His Trial for Murder, at Auburn, July 21st and 22nd, Reported by S. Blatchford William Freeman. His most notable case came in when he took up the defense of William Freeman, a mentally ill black man accused of murdering four people.

The case, with overtones of racial tension, madness, and extreme violence, drew the attention of the entire nation. In a powerful argument, Seward quoted one of Freeman’s family members.

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Seward, in Defence of William Freeman, on His Trial for Murder, at Auburn, July 21st and 22nd, Argument as defense attorney during the trial of an African-American criminal defendant, Auburn, New York (July ), published in Works of William H. Seward, vol. I (New York: Redfield, ), p. He is the most gentle-looking and amiable of men.

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Seward in defence of William Freeman, on his trial for murder. Auburn, N.Y., Freeman, an African American, murdered an entire family with an axe. “His trial, and particularly his defense by former Governor William H. Seward, aroused .William Henry Seward, “The Irrepressible Conflict” () As the controversy over the expansion of slavery intensified during the s, a new political party, the Republican, rose to dominance in the North.

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