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

Author(s)

• Fehrenbacher, Don Edward

Bibliographic Information

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

Don E. Fehrenbacher

Oxford University Press, 1978

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA00788211
• ISBN:
  • 0195024036
• LCCN: 78004665
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 741 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KF4545.S5
  • DC : 346/.73/013
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Slavery in the United States -- Law
  • LCSH : Scott, Dred
  • LCSH : Slavery in the United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states
  • LCSH : United States -- History -- 1849-1877