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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 versus John F.A. Sandford : December term, 1856 by Benjamin C. Howard ; from the nineteenth volume of Howard's Reports
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 441 .A58
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Supreme Court.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Dred, 1809-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Scott, Dred.
- Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 1807-1857--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Sanford, John F. A.
- Slavery--Law and legislation--United States.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Legal status of slaves in free states.
- Physical Description:
- 239 p. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [D.C.] : C. Wendell, printer, 1857.
- Notes:
- "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. [3].
- The points considered in the Supreme court were: Negro citizenship, jurisdiction of the Circuit court and the Missouri compromise act.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- OCLC:
- 846755
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