Title: The Dred Scott decision
Subtitle: opinion of Chief Justice Taney
First published: 1859
Subjects: African Americans, Black race, Civil rights, Law and legislation, Legal status of slaves in free states, Missouri compromise, Slavery, Trials, litigation, Trials, litigation, etc.., Citizenship, United States. Supreme Court, United States, Extension to the territories, Legal status, laws, Pamphlets
Places: United States
People: Dred Scott (1809-1858), John F. A. Sanford (1806 or 7-1857), John F.A. Sanford (1806- or 7-1857)