Slavery, Law, and Politics The Dred Scott Case in Historical Perspective

by Fehrenbacher, Don E.

• ISBN13: 9780195028829
• ISBN10: 0195028821
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1981-04-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 3
Slavery and Race in the American Constitutional System	p. 7
Expansion and Slavery in National Politics	p. 41
Toward Judicial Resolution	p. 72
The Taney Court and Judicial Power	p. 102
The Dred Scott Case in Missouri	p. 121
Before the Supreme Court	p. 151
The Opinion of the Court	p. 183
Concurrence, Dissent, and Public Reaction	p. 214
The Lecompton and Freeport Connections	p. 244
Not Peace but a Sword	p. 273
In the Stream of History	p. 295
Selected Books for Further Reading	p. 309
Index	p. 313
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