The case of Dred Scott in the United States Supreme court.: The full opinions of Chief Justice Taney and Justice Curtis, and abstracts of the opinions of the other judges; with an analysis of the points ruled, and some concluding observations.

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104 p ; 23 cm., "Dred Scott, plaintiff in error, v. John F. A. Sandford. This case, which was in an ordinary action of assault and battery, came up by writ of error from the Circuit court for the District of Missouri."--p. [3], The questions which arose in the U.S. Supreme court were whether the plaintiff-in-error, a negro, was a citizen of the United States, in the sense in which that word is used in the Constitution, and whether the U.S. Circuit court had jurisdiction in the above mentioned case. The consitutionality of the missouri compromise act was also brought into question., and Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 1996. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Scott, Dred, -- 1809-1858

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