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 vs. John F. A. Sandford, December term, 1856 / by Benjamin C. Howard

Corporate Author: United States. Supreme Court
Published: New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1857.
Physical Description: pages 394-633 ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Scott, Dred, 1809-1858, Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 1807-1857, and Howard, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Chew), 1791-1872

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Subject(s)

Scott, Dred, 1809-1858—Trials, litigation, etc
Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 1807-1857—Trials, litigation, etc
Slavery—Law and legislation—United States
Slavery—Legal status of slaves in free states
African Americans—Civil rights

Collection

Charles L. Blockson Collection of African Americana and the African Diaspora.

Note

Reprinted from the Reports of the United States Supreme Court.
"This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri. It was an action of trespass vi et armis instituted in the Circuit Court by Scott against Sandford"--p. 396.

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