9780739137598 / Dred Scott and the Dangers of a Political Court Paperback – August 11, 2010
by Lexington Books (August 11, 2010) (Author)
The Dred Scott decision of 1857 is widely (and correctly) regarded as the very worst in the long history of the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision held that no African American could ever be a U.S. citizen and declared that the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was unconstitutional and void. The decision thus appeared to promise that slavery would be forever protected in the great American West. Prompting mass outrage, the decision was a crucial step on the road that led to the Civil War. Dred Scott and the Dangers of a Political Court traces the history of the case and tells the story of many of the key people involved, including Dred and Harriet Scott, President James Buchanan, Chief Justice Roger Taney, and Abraham Lincoln. The book also examines in some detail each of the nine separate Opinions written by the Court’s Justices, connecting each with the respective Justices’ past views on slavery and the law. That examination demonstrates that the majority Justices were willing to embrace vir
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