Verdicts of History The Thomas Fleming Library eBook Thomas Fleming
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In Verdicts of History, New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming highlights six courtroom dramas that changed the future of America. From unexpected verdicts, like the acquittal won by John Adams when he defended British soldiers charged with the Boston Massacre in 1770 to stirred passions when abolitionist John Brown was convicted of murder - a precedent to the Civil War - to the breakthrough in racial relations when Clarence Darrow won a stunning "not guilty" verdict for black physician Ossian Sweet - at a time when black Americans could hardly expect a fair trial. Fleming also includes the trials of Aaron Burr for treason and a well-known congressman for murder. In courtrooms throughout the nation's history, vivid emotion and heated rhetoric have established consequential precedents and enlarged average men and women to historical dimensions.
Verdicts of History The Thomas Fleming Library eBook Thomas Fleming
I’m a big fan of Thomas Fleming and have been reading his books for years. This is a new one – a book about legal cases that changed the course of American history. You’ll find Aaron Burr and John Brown here (no surprise), but the one case that I knew nothing about and is especially relevant today is the trial of Ossian Sweet, a black doctor in Detroit who was charged with murder and tried before an all-white jury after he defended himself against a mob trying to force him out of his house in a white neighborhood. I won’t tell you the outcome, but the trial ought to be made into a movie. Another great chapter tells the story of John Adams defending British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. Highly recommended.Product details
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Verdicts of History The Thomas Fleming Library eBook Thomas Fleming Reviews
Fascinating to learn about these lesser-known events of history, which you hear about from time to time, but don't really know what they were all about. Tied a lot of things together for me, and increased my understanding of the big pictures.
Interesting reading but just skims the subjects and I am not sure these are the most important Verdicts of History (although some are extremely important). It's a fast read however.
Loved this book and learning how some of the precedents in our legal system began. Early in the history of the country there were no precedents to follow as cases came to court. I particularly enjoyed the civil rights case (the last one in the book) and am surprised Clarence Darrow's name is not synonymous with early civil rights cases instead of the Scopes Trial which everyone is familiar with.
As a fan of American history, I have spent many hours reading about the periods in this volume. This reads as though one had compressed 200
Years of history into a few short stories. It is well worth the read.
This short book by Flemming was a great overview of a number of landmark court cases in American history. Starting with the Boston Massacre, he traces early lineages in ideals held dear by Americans such as freedom of the press, free speech, and a number of other issues. As a single, this is a valuable, educational, and eye opening read at very little price.
He also provides thumbnail portraits of some of the greatest legal minds in our history. John Adams, John Marchall, Alexander Hamilton, and Clarence Darrow all make appearances among many others. I highly recommend this book.
Fascinating reflections on the turning points of American legal thought. I believe it's a very important source of information for any historical understanding of the causes of how our legal system evolved. Verdicts of History offers an insider's look at the details of many of the most famous and infamous court verdicts and how and why they were argued the way they were.
Most of us suffer from what is known by historians as "presentism' -- the fact that most of us see history in the context of our present times. This book pushes the reader back to the context of the time in which these events occurred.
By the way, I never give a book a five-star rating because, to me, five stars mean perfection and there's no such thing.
Another great book from Thomas Fleming.
Of the many dramatic moments in Clarence Darrow’s courtroom history, Fleming writes, is when he achieved a “not guilty” verdict for a black physician accused of murder before an all-white jury. Hundreds of whites protested the doctor's into their neighborhood and gathered ominously outside his house. Shots were fired, and one of the angry mob was killed. That the black man would be found guilty was a foregone conclusion until Darrow took over the trial.
Equally dramatic was the not-guilty verdict John Adams forced out of the trial of British soldiers accused of the famous “Boston Massacre.”
With these cases and others, Fleming makes you appreciate our judicial system and shows how time and again criminal trials have changed American history.
I really enjoyed this book.
I’m a big fan of Thomas Fleming and have been reading his books for years. This is a new one – a book about legal cases that changed the course of American history. You’ll find Aaron Burr and John Brown here (no surprise), but the one case that I knew nothing about and is especially relevant today is the trial of Ossian Sweet, a black doctor in Detroit who was charged with murder and tried before an all-white jury after he defended himself against a mob trying to force him out of his house in a white neighborhood. I won’t tell you the outcome, but the trial ought to be made into a movie. Another great chapter tells the story of John Adams defending British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. Highly recommended.
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