Viewing Richard Hildreth, "Atrocious Judges" (1856).

Richard Hildreth, "Atrocious Judges" (1856).

The full title of this book is "Atrocious Judges: Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression."

The sketches are taken from John Lord Campbell's judicial biographies, which are posted separately on this website.

Richard Hildreth (1807-1865) was a popular American historian.

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