Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier

Authors

Sharon A. Roger Hepburn

ISBN

9780195366563

Price

$34.95 hardcover

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

The Scotts’ Case for Freedom

The United States Supreme Court’s 1857 ruling in the Dred Scott case, with its profound legal and constitutional ramifications, is one of the Court’s most historically significant decisions. Often lost in the broad discussions and debates about the court’s lan....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.11.3.11

Recommended Citation

Hepburn, Sharon A. Roger (2009) "Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 11 : Iss. 3 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.11.3.11
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol11/iss3/11