Dred & Harriet Scott
Subtitle: their family story
By: Ruth Ann Abels Hager
Contributors: St. Louis County Library
Publisher: St. Louis County Library
Published: 2010
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780615327624
Subjects: Slaves; Family; Biography; Law and legislation; African Americans; Slavery; Legal status, laws
Other titles: Dred and Harriet Scott
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: Slavery: Dred and Harriet -- (1800-1846); title: Suing for freedom -- (1846-1852); title: Protecting their daughters -- (1852-1857); title: A new suit in Federal Court -- (1853-1857); title: Emancipation -- (Spring of 1857); title: Freedom: Together as a family -- (1857-1860); title: Civil War and its aftermath -- (1861-1869); title: Harriet's last years -- (1870-1876); title: Eliza and Lizzie -- (1877-1882); title: Lizzie and her nephews -- (1882-1912); title: John and his family -- (1912-1931); title: Lizzie's assistance -- (1931-1945); title: Commemorations -- (1945-2009); title: g Epilogue.