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 ...
By: by the Author of the "Thirty years' view."
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Published: 1857
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Scott, Dred, 1809-1858.; Missouri compromise.; Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
Other titles: Examination of the Dred Scott case by Thomas H. Benton
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.