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Dred Scott. Supreme Court Decision 1857.

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Dred Scott. Supreme Court Decision 1857.
<B>[Dred Scott]. Benjamin C. Howard. </B></I><B><I>A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of The Judges Thereof, in the case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford.</B></I></B></I> December Term, 1856. By Benjamin C. Howard. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1857. <BR><BR>Early edition, originally published by Wendell in Washington the same year. Octavo. Pages 393-633 [240 pages]. <BR><BR>Cloth back and corners over marbled boards, lettered in gilt on the spine. Top edge stained green. Original printed wrappers bound in front and back. A very good, clean copy. <BR><BR>Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom in 1846 because he lived for a time in Rock Island, Illinois and Fort Snellling, Wisconsin (both places where slavery was prohibited) before returning with his owner to Missouri, a slave state. He won the initial case but lost on appeal and then filed suit in federal court. The Supreme Court voted 7-2 against Scott's appeal, and the opinion of the court is the contents of this very important document. The Supreme Court's decision was the catalyst of a fierce debate in American society and is often considered to be one of the underlying causes of the start of the Civil War.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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