Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case : which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act and the self-extension of the Constitution to territories, carrying slavery along with it : with an appendix / by the Author of the "Thirty years' view".

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missouri compromise.

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

Slavery.

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Scott, Dred, 1809-1858--Trials, litigation, etc.

Scott, Dred.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p. )

Other Title:

Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case

Place of Publication:

New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1857.

Notes:

"Containing : I. The debates in the Senate in March, 1849, between Mr. Webster and Mr. Calhoun, on the legislative extension of the Constitution to territories, as contained in vol. II. ch. CLXXXII. of the "Thirty years' view" : II. The inside view of the southern sentiment, in relation to the Wilmot proviso, as seen in vol. II. ch. CLXVIII. of the "Thirty years' view" : III. Review of President Pierce's annual message to Congress of December, 1856, so far as it relates to the abrogation of the Missouri compromise act and the classification of parties."

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 4785.

OCLC:

12