Apellate case file no. 3230, Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 US 393 (19 Howard 393), decided March 6, 1857 and related records 1854-1857.

Format:

Book

Series:

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scott, Dred, 1809-1858.

Scott, Dred.

Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc.

Enslaved persons.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

United States.

History.

Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.

Slavery.

Slavery--Extension to the territories.

Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 manuscripts; 23 items).

Other Title:

Institution of slavery

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery.

Place of Publication:

1854-1857.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This collection houses the records of the papers filed in the 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford. This case ruled that Congress could not legislate that territories would be free and that blacks in the United States were not citizens and therefore were not entitled to the protection of the law. The Dred Scott decision further divided the nation in the years before the Civil War, and had lasting implications for the legal status of African Americans in the U.S.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the National Archives, United National Archives, United States.

Local Notes:

aImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.

OCLC:

822973802

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.