John Archibald Campbell

The first full biography of the southern U.S. Supreme Court justice who championed both the U.S. Constitution and states’ rights   The life of John Archibald Campbell reflects nearly every major development of 19th-century American history. He participated either directly or indirectly in events ranging from the Indian removal process of the 1830s, to sectionalism and the Civil War, to Reconstruction and redemption. Although not a defender of slavery, he feared that abrupt abolition would p