Dred Scott: Person Or Property?
- ISBN-10
- 0761418415
- ISBN-13
- 9780761418412
- Category
- Slavery
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish
- Authors
- Rose Blue, Corinne J. Naden
Description
In 1857 the United States Supreme Court, spearheaded by Chief Justice Roger Taney, rendered a verdict that has gone down in history as possibly its worst decision. The case involved the petition for freedom made by Dred Scott on behalf of himself and his
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