Title: Slavery and the Supreme Court, 1825-1861 /
Authors: Maltz, Earl M., 1950-
Publisher: University Press of Kansas,
Year: 2009
Subjects: United States. History; Slavery Law and legislation United States History; Slavery United States History
Abstract: "Presents a detailed analysis of all eight major slavery cases that came before the U.S. Supreme Court--including The Amistad, Dred Scott v. Sandford and more--and explains how each fit into the slavery politics of its time."--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Prelude to conflict : the Marshall court and The antelope -- The Marshall court and federalism -- Sectionalism and the rise of the second-party system -- The Supreme Court in the early 1840s -- United States v. The Amistad -- Slavery, the commerce power, and Groves v. Slaughter -- The problem of fugitive slaves -- Assessment -- Slavery and territorial expansion -- The controversy over fugitive slaves, 1843-1853 -- The Supreme Court in 1846 -- Revisiting the commerce power -- The ongoing struggle over fugitive slaves -- Prelude to Dred Scott : Strader v. Graham and the doctrine of reattachment -- Assessment -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Anthony Burns affair, and the demise of the second-party system -- The Supreme Court in the mid-1850s -- Ableman v. Booth, part 1 : northern nullification -- Dred Scott, part 1: the road to the Supreme Court -- The court on the brink -- Sectionalism on the march -- Dred Scott, part 2 : reargument and reconsideration -- Dred Scott, part 3 : the opinions of the justices -- Dred Scott, part 4 : the reaction to the court's decision -- Ableman v. Booth, part 2 : the court decides -- The election of 1860 -- Kentucky v. Dennison and the problem of extradition.