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The Dred Scott case : historical and contemporary perspectives on race and law / edited by David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman, and Christopher Alan Bracey.
Van Pelt Library KF228.S27 D74 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Scott, Dred.
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858.
- Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Law and legislation.
- History.
- Slavery--Legal status of enslaved persons in free states.
- United States.
- Slavery--United States--Legal status of slaves in free states--History.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- Race relations.
- United States--History--1849-1877.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Constitutional law and the legitimation of history : the enduring force of Roger Taney's opinion of the court / David Thomas Konig
- Dred Scott versus the Dred Scott case : the history and memory of a signal moment in American slavery, 1857-2007 / Adam Arenson
- John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, and the problem of constitutional evil / Mark Graber
- The legacy of the Dred Scott case : the uncertain course of emancipation in Missouri / Louis Gerteis
- An exaggerated legacy : Dred Scott and substantive due process / Austin Allen
- Emancipation and contract law : litigating human property after the Civil War / Daniel W. Hamilton
- Dred Scott, human dignity, and the quest for a culture of equality / Christopher Alan Bracey
- Dred Scott, racial stereotypes, and the "enduring marks of inferiority" / Leland Ware
- Unmasking the lie : Dred Scott and the antebellum Southern honor culture / Cecil J. Hunt
- Whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves? / John Baugh
- Considering reparations for Dred Scott / Alfred L. Brophy
- Lessons for judges from Scott v. Emerson / Duane Benton
- Missouri law, politics, and the Dred Scott case / Michael A. Wolff
- The strange career of Dred Scott : from Fort Armstrong to Guantánamo Bay / Paul Finkelman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821419113
- 0821419110
- 9780821419120
- 0821419129
- OCLC:
- 471810772
- Publisher Number:
- 99938381121
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