This is an abridgement of the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Dred Scott Case, making Fehrenbacher's monumental work available to a wider audience. Although it condenses the original by half, all the chapters and major themes of the larger work have been retained, providing a masterful review of the issues before America on the eve of the Civil War.
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"This magisterial study is a triumph of scholarship....Must reading for anyone interested in American legal history or the Civil War."--Virginia Quarterly Review
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Don E. Fehrenbacher is at Stanford University.
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This review is from: Slavery, Law, and Politics: The Dred Scott Case in Historical Perspective (Galaxy Books) (Paperback)
'Slavery, Law and Politics' is an abridged version of Don Fehrenbacher's 1978 magnum opus 'The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics.' While it is a technically challenging book for the average reader of historical jurisprudence, its an indispensible resource for understanding the dynamics of the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case given the historical milieu just before the Civil War. Fehrenbacher pulls no punches, ripping into the Taney court which issued one of the most shameful decisions in the Court's history. Of interest is the 'scorecard' Fehrenbacher keeps of the different aspects of the decision, clarifying the historical ambiguities of what the court really decided. In all, a complex, gratifying read. The original, fully annotated version of the book, unfortunately, is out of print..
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The first African Negroes in the British North American colonies were brought ashore at Jamestown in 1619. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Dred Scott, United States, Missouri Compromise, New York, Taney Court, Fort Snelling, New Mexico, Northwest Ordinance, House of Representatives, Kansas-Nebraska Act, South Carolina, North Carolina, Wilmot Proviso, Abraham Lincoln, Fugitive Slave Act, Articles of Confederation, District of Columbia, John Marshall, Marshall Court, Taylor Blow, Declaration of Independence, John Emerson, Montgomery Blair, Article Four, Fifth Amendment New!
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territory clause, interstate comity, antislavery law, suits for freedom, southern justices, antislavery men, territorial legislation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dred Scott, United States, Missouri Compromise, New York, Taney Court, Fort Snelling, New Mexico, Northwest Ordinance, House of Representatives, Kansas-Nebraska Act, South Carolina, North Carolina, Wilmot Proviso, Abraham Lincoln, Fugitive Slave Act, Articles of Confederation, District of Columbia, John Marshall, Marshall Court, Taylor Blow, Declaration of Independence, John Emerson, Montgomery Blair, Article Four, Fifth Amendment New!
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- North of Slavery: The Negro in the Free States, 1790-1860 by Leon F. Litwack in Back Matter
- The Peculiar Institution by Kenneth M. Stampp in Back Matter
- Democratic Politics and Sectionalism: Wilmot Proviso Controversy by Chaplain W. Morrison in Back Matter
- White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist) by Winthrop D. Jordan in Back Matter
- Abraham Lincoln (The Great Americans Series) by Jean F. Blashfield on page 276
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- Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872 by Robin L. Einhorn on page 25, page 153, and Back Matter
- Writings on Black Women of the Diaspora: History, Language, and Identity (Crosscurrents in African American History) by Lean'tin Bracks on page 77, and Back Matter
- Conflict and Compromise: The Political Economy of Slavery, Emancipation and the American Civil War by Roger L. Ransom on page 146, and Back Matter
- Extremism Triumphant: The Politics of Slavery and Abortion by Darin P. Wipperman on page 10, and Back Matter
- Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America by Elliot Jaspin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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