Return to LCP Home

One Book, One Philadelphia:
The Story Behind The Price of a Child


Atrocious Judges title pageAtrocious Judges. Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression . . . With an Appendix, Containing the Case of Passmore Williamson. (New York & Auburn, 1856.)

Abolitionist author Richard Hildreth culled these examples of judicial tyranny from the writings of British legal historian John Campbell. Hildreth added his own account of Judge Kane & Passmore Williamson to this edition

Return to text


Search our Website: [sitemap] Return to LCP HOME

The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 (215) 546-3181
Questions or Comments Contact the Website Coordinator nscalessa@librarycompany.org