| Description |
xii, 741 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published 1978. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-723) and index. |
| Contents |
Race, slavery, and the origins of the republic -- Slavery in the American Constitutional system -- The pursuit of freedom -- Expansion and slavery in early national politics -- Expansion and slavery in a continental republic -- The territorial question, 1848-1854 -- Toward judicial resolution -- The Taney Court and judicial power -- Dred Scott and his travels -- Versus Emerson -- Versus Sandford -- Before the Supreme Court -- Voices in confusion -- What the Court decided -- The opinion of the Court: Negroes and citizenship -- The opinion of the Court: slavery in the territories -- Concurrence and dissent -- The judges judged -- The Lecompton connection -- The Freeport doctrine -- Not peace but a sword -- Reasons why -- In the stream of history. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Professor John M. Baer. |
| Subject |
Scott, Dred, 1809-1858.
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Scott, Dred, 1809-1858. |
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Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Slavery -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
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Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
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Slavery. |
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Slavery -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states. |
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United States -- History -- 1849-1877.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1849-1877 |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Legal status of enslaved persons in free states. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
0195145887 (paperback) |
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0195024036 |
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9780195024036 |
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9780195145885 (paperback) |
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