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Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands

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Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands - Robertson, Lindsay G
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John Marshall's landmark 1823 decision in Johnson v. M'Intosh gave the European sovereigns who "discovered" North America rights to the land, converting Native Americans in one stroke into mere tenants. In 1991, while investigating the historical origins of this highly controversial decision, Lindsay Robertson made a startling find in the basement of a Pennsylvania furniture-maker--the complete corporate records of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies, the plaintiffs in the case. Drawing on these records, Conquest by ...

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Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands 2007, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780195314892

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Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of Their Lands 2005, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195148695

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