Slavery and the Supreme Court, 1825-1861
By: Earl M. Maltz ; foreword by Mark A. Graber.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780700616664
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-344) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to conflict : the Marshall court and The antelope; title: The Marshall court and federalism; title: Sectionalism and the rise of the second-party system; title: The Supreme Court in the early 1840s; title: United States v. The Amistad; title: Slavery, the commerce power, and Groves v. Slaughter; title: The problem of fugitive slaves; title: Assessment; title: Slavery and territorial expansion; title: The controversy over fugitive slaves, 1843-1853; title: The Supreme Court in 1846; title: Revisiting the commerce power; title: The ongoing struggle over fugitive slaves; title: Prelude to Dred Scott : Strader v. Graham and the doctrine of reattachment; title: Assessment; title: The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Anthony Burns affair, and the demise of the second-party system; title: The Supreme Court in the mid-1850s; title: Ableman v. Booth, part 1 : northern nullification; title: Dred Scott, part 1: the road to the Supreme Court; title: The court on the brink; title: Sectionalism on the march; title: Dred Scott, part 2 : reargument and reconsideration; title: Dred Scott, part 3 : the opinions of the justices; title: Dred Scott, part 4 : the reaction to the court's decision; title: Ableman v. Booth, part 2 : the court decides; title: The election of 1860; title: Kentucky v. Dennison and the problem of extradition.