The Crocker family is well known in Sacramento history. Charles Crocker was the construction boss of the Central Pacific Railroad, and one of the "Big Four." Ma

The case of David Powell and family, slaves of John Norris of Boone Co., KY, who had escaped across the Ohio River in 1847 and were apprehended by Norris and fr

Winner, Joseph A. Andrews Award from the American Association of Law Libraries, 1986. Provides a detailed discussion and analysis of the pamphlet materials on t