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

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Td* 1857
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
United States. Supreme Court.
Contributor:
Scott, Dred.
Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 1807-1857.
Howard, Benjamin C. (Benjamin Chew), 1791-1872.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Scott, Dred.
African Americans.
Missouri compromise.
Physical Description:
p. [393]-633. ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York, D. Appleton & CO : 1857.
Notes:
Reprinted from the Reports of the U. S. 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.
The points brought into question in the Supreme Court were Negro citizenship and the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court. The constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act was also considered.
Local Notes:
Gilpin Branch.

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