Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Dred Scott case, which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act and the self-extension of the constitution to territories, carrying slavery along with it
Subtitle: with an appendix, containing I. The debates in the Senate in March, 1849, between Mr. Webster and Mr. Calhoun, on the legislative extension of the constitution to territories, as contained in vol. II. ch. CLXXXII of the "Thirty years' view." II. The inside view of the southern sentiment, in relation to the Wilmot Proviso, as seen in vol. II. ch. CLXVIII of the "Thirty years' view." III. Review of President Pierce's annual message to Congress of December, 1856, so far as it relates to the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise Act and the classification of parties
By: by the Author of the "Thirty years' view.".
Contributors: Scott, Dred, 1809-1858; United States. Supreme Court
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: D. Appleton and Co.
Published: 1858
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] : :
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Slavery; Missouri compromise
Notes: Reproduction of the original from New York City Bar. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

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