![]() | Origins of the Dred Scott Case: Jacksonian Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court, 1837-1857 Subjects: Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources; United States. Supreme Court -- History -- Sources; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- Sources; Scott Dred 1809–1858 -- Trials litigation etc.; Sanford John F. A. 1806 or; The Supreme Court's 1857 Dred Scott decision denied citizenship to African Americans and enabled slavery's westward expansion. It has long stood as a grievous instance of justice perverted by sectional politics. Austin Allen finds that the outcome of Dred Scott hinged not on a single issue--slavery--but on a web of assumptions, agendas, and commitments held collectively and individually by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and his colleagues. AUSTIN ALLEN is an assistant professor of history at the University of Houston, Downtown. |
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