For 10 points, name this high-profile lawyer in the early United States, who's perhaps better known for penning "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Note to moderators: Look at the first line of the tossup. If you are not comfortable reading the leadin as written, feel free to use a substitute like "the n-word."For his defense of runaway slaves, opponents of this man contemptuously dubbed him "The Nigger Lawyer," though he indicted Benjamin Lundy for writing an article condemning the treatment of blacks in the District of Columbia. This man partnered with Robert Harper to defend the generically-named John Smith, who was accused of conspiring with Aaron Burr to secede southwestern American territories. Samuel Houston hired this man to defend him in court after Houston beat (*) William Stanberry with a cane. This man prosecuted the would-be assassin of Andrew Jackson, Richard Lawrence, who was committed to an insane asylum for the rest of his life. To negotiate the release of William Beanes, this man stayed as a prisoner for one night aboard the HMS Tonnant, where he wrote a poem later set to the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven" after witnessing the shelling of Fort McHenry. For 10 points, name this high-profile lawyer in the early United States, who's perhaps better known for penning "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Note to moderators: Look at the first line of the tossup. If you are not comfortable reading the leadin as written, feel free to use a substitute like "the n-word."For his defense of runaway slaves, opponents of this man contemptuously dubbed him "The Nigger Lawyer," though he indicted Benjamin Lundy for writing an article condemning the treatment of blacks in the District of Columbia.
Francis Scott Key 