Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery

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Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery

Author	: Earl M. Maltz
File Size	: 49,8 Mb
Publisher	: Landmark Law Cases & American
Language	: English
Release Date	: 06 May 2024
ISBN	: UOM:39015067639305
Pages	: 200 pages

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Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery by Earl M. Maltz Book PDF Summary

Closely examines on of the Supreme Court's most infamous decisions: that went far beyond one slave's suit for "freeman" status by declaring that ALL blacks--freemen as well as slaves--were not, and never could become, U.S. citizens, bringing an end to the 1820 Missouri Compromise, while also resulting in the outrage that led to the Civil War.

Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery by Earl M. Maltz

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Slavery Law and Politics by Don Edward Fehrenbacher

Abridged ed. of the author's The Dred Scott case, its significance in American law and politics.

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1979, The Dred Scott Case is a masterful examination of the most famous example of judicial failure--the case referred to as "the most frequently overturned decision in history."On March 6, 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the Supreme Court's decision against Dred Scott, a slave

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Dred Scott exemplies neither originalism nor aspirationalism gone wrong, as many modern critics now argue. Rather, the Dred Scott Court erred chiefly because the majority gave in to the still-relevant temptation to subordinate honest legal reasoning to the pursuit of what the majority regarded as a noble and crucial political

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The Dred Scott Case by Roger Brooke Taney,Israel Washburn,Horace Gray

The Washington University Libraries presents an online exhibit of documents regarding the Dred Scott case. American slave Dred Scott (1795?-1858) and his wife Harriet filed suit for their freedom in the Saint Louis Circuit Court in 1846. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1857 that the Scotts must remain slaves.

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Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil by Mark A. Graber

Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil , first published in 2006, concerns what is entailed by pledging allegiance to a constitutional text and tradition saturated with concessions to evil. The Constitution of the United States was originally understood as an effort to mediate controversies between persons who disputed fundamental values,

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Report of the Select Committee on Slavery by Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Slavery, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Action of the Federal Government Thereon

Download or read online Report of the Select Committee on Slavery written by Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Select Committee on Slavery, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Action of the Federal Government Thereon, published by Unknown which was released on 1858. Get Report of the Select Committee on Slavery

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