St. George Tucker

St. George Tucker
St. George Tucker (1752–1827) was an influential American lawyer, judge, and legal scholar, best known for his contributions to early American constitutional law. He authored "View of the Constitution of the United States," one of the first comprehensive commentaries on the U.S. Constitution, which advocated for states' rights and limited federal power. Tucker also edited and annotated an American edition of Blackstone's "Commentaries on the Laws of England," adapting English common law to the American legal system. Additionally, he was a prominent abolitionist, writing "A Dissertation on Slavery" in 1796, calling for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people in Virginia.

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The following pages form a part of a course of Lectures on Law and Police, delivered in the University of William and Mary, in this commonwealth. The Author considering the Abolition of Slavery in this State, as an object of the first importance, not only to our moral character and domestic peace, but even to our political salvation; and being persuaded that the accomplishment of so momentous and... more...

CHAPTER 1.“The rose of England bloomed on Gertrude's cheek;What though these shades had seen her birth? Her sireA Briton's independence taught to seekFar western worlds.” Gertrude of Wyoming. Among those who had been driven, by the disturbances in England, to seek a more quiet home in the wilds of Virginia, was a gentleman of the name of Temple. An Englishman by birth, he was an unwilling... more...