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"In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, Dred Scott v. Sandford raised issues that have not been fully resolved despite three amendments to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bracey, Christopher Alan, 1970- (Editor ), Finkelman, Paul, 1949- (Editor ), Konig, David Thomas, 1947- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.
Temas:
Scott, Dred, > 1809-1858 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Scott, Dred, > 1809-1858
1849-1877
Constitutional history > United States.
Slavery > United States > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Statut juridique des esclaves dans les États libres > Histoire.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
HISTORY > General.
Constitutional history
Race relations
Slavery > Law and legislation
Slavery > Legal status of enslaved persons in free states
United States > History > 1849-1877.
United States > Race relations > History.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1849-1877.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
United States
History
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Constitutional law and the legitimation of history : the enduring force of Roger Taney's opinion of the court / David Thomas Konig
  • Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott case : the history and memory of a signal moment in American slavery, 1857-2007 / Adam Arenson
  • John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the problem of constitutional evil / Mark Graber
  • The legacy of the Dred Scott case : the uncertain course of emancipation in Missouri / Louis Gerteis
  • An exaggerated legacy : Dred Scott and substantive due process / Austin Allen
  • Emancipation and contract law : litigating human property after the Civil War / Daniel W. Hamilton
  • Dred Scott, human dignity, and the quest for a culture of equality / Christopher Alan Bracey
  • Dred Scott, racial stereotypes, and the "enduring marks of inferiority" / Leland Ware
  • Unmasking the lie : Dred Scott and the antebellum Southern honor culture / Cecil J. Hunt
  • Whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves? / John Baugh
  • Considering reparations for Dred Scott / Alfred L. Brophy
  • Lessons for judges from Scott v. Emerson / Duane Benton
  • Missouri law, politics, and the Dred Scott case / Michael A. Wolff
  • The strange career of Dred Scott : from Fort Armstrong to Guantanamo Bay / Paul Finkelman.

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