The Dred Scott case : its significance in American law and politics

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The Dred Scott case : its significance in American law and politics

Don E. Fehrenbacher

Oxford University Press, 1978

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Studies this famous case of judicial failure, and discusses the legal bases of slavery, the debate over the Constitution, and the dispute over slavery and continental expansion.

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"This book confirms Fehrenbacher's preeminence among historians of the sectional controversy."--Stanley I. KutlerThe Journal of American History:

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