American Legends: The Life of Dred Scott and the Dred Scott Decision
ISBN: 9781492717416
*Includes the full text of the Dred Scott decision and every opinion written by the Supreme Court justices.
*Analyzes the Dred Scott decision and its impact on future civil rights cases.
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.
*Includes a Table of Contents.
"The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, and privileges, and immunities, guarantied by that instrument to the citizen? " – Dred Scott v. Sanford
*Analyzes the Dred Scott decision and its impact on future civil rights cases.
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.
*Includes a Table of Contents.
"The question is simply this: Can a negro, whose ancestors were imported into this country, and sold as slaves, become a member of the political community formed and brought into existence by the Constitution of the United States, and as such become entitled to all the rights, and privileges, and immunities, guarantied by that instrument to the citizen? " – Dred Scott v. Sanford