Item #14054 American Bastille; A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens During the Late Civil War. John A. MARSHALL.
American Bastille; A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens During the Late Civil War
American Bastille; A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens During the Late Civil War
American Bastille; A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens During the Late Civil War

American Bastille; A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of American Citizens During the Late Civil War

Philadelphia: Thomas W. Hartley, 1870. Octavo, dark brown cloth cover, gilt titling on spine, 728 pp. A post–Civil War critical review accusing the Lincoln administration of violating civil liberties by arresting and imprisoning civilians without due process, using this narrative as evidence that wartime military and political authorities created an American equivalent to France’s Bastille prison. Pages toned, staining to covers, wear to corners, edges, and spine ends, fading to spine. Item #14054

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