Add to ORKGThis article will first review the foundational cracks that slavery left in the creation of the United States\u27 Constitution. It will then examine the ensuing legislative efforts to contend with the political and societal consequences of the slavery divide. Next, it will discuss the history behind the Scott case, and the course and resolution of the case in the court system. It will then describe the notoriety of the case and the impact it had on the events leading up to the war. It will conclude with an analysis of Dred Scott\u27s position at the locus of only real conflict that caused the war: the geopolitical strife between the agrarian, slaveholding South, and the industrialized North
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The seeds for the Civil War were first planted at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1...
Dred Scott, without doubt, is the most controversial case in the history of the United States Suprem...
This article will first review the foundational cracks that slavery left in the creation of the Unit...
Examining Dred Scott’s Impact and Legacy Few Supreme Court cases have attained the level of notoriet...
Recent suggestions to the contrary notwithstanding, the Dred Scott decision and the controversy over...
The 1850s were a period marred by an intensifying sectional crisis between the North and South. One ...
Re-assessing the Supreme Court and Slavery Anyone interested in the Civil War is, by default, in...
This essay synthesizes recent writing on the constitutional history of slavery, featuring Mark Grabe...
This paper examines why the American Civil War took place and what the modern significance of the co...
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The Scotts’ Case for Freedom The United States Supreme Court’s 1857 ruling in the Dred Scott case,...
In 1841, three Kentucky slaves in Louisville boarded a steamboat bound for Cincinnati. Within days, ...
Before Dred Scott draws on the freedom suits filed in the St Louis Circuit Court to construct a grou...
During the 19th century, the American Civil War between the North and the South began when then pres...
As we ponder the contemporary debate about the proper use of international and foreign law in interp...
The seeds for the Civil War were first planted at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1...
Dred Scott, without doubt, is the most controversial case in the history of the United States Suprem...
This article will first review the foundational cracks that slavery left in the creation of the Unit...
Examining Dred Scott’s Impact and Legacy Few Supreme Court cases have attained the level of notoriet...
Recent suggestions to the contrary notwithstanding, the Dred Scott decision and the controversy over...
The 1850s were a period marred by an intensifying sectional crisis between the North and South. One ...
Re-assessing the Supreme Court and Slavery Anyone interested in the Civil War is, by default, in...
This essay synthesizes recent writing on the constitutional history of slavery, featuring Mark Grabe...
This paper examines why the American Civil War took place and what the modern significance of the co...
The Article will discuss and analyze the forces that shaped Ableman v. Booth, one of the most dramat...
The Scotts’ Case for Freedom The United States Supreme Court’s 1857 ruling in the Dred Scott case,...
In 1841, three Kentucky slaves in Louisville boarded a steamboat bound for Cincinnati. Within days, ...
Before Dred Scott draws on the freedom suits filed in the St Louis Circuit Court to construct a grou...
During the 19th century, the American Civil War between the North and the South began when then pres...
As we ponder the contemporary debate about the proper use of international and foreign law in interp...
The seeds for the Civil War were first planted at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1...
Dred Scott, without doubt, is the most controversial case in the history of the United States Suprem...