scott, dred

Chronicles the life of Dred Scott and his eleven-year struggle to gain his freedom after his master brought him to the free state of Illinois, and describes the Supreme Court decision of Roger B. Taney in 1857.

Argues that antislavery Northerners should have made more accommodations for slavery than those that were laid out in the Constitution.

Traces the history of the landmark Supreme Court decision that defined the rights of slaves in the United States.

Discusses the history of the landmark Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford, that ruled that slaves were not protected by the Constitution and were not U.S. citizens, historical important because it is considered perhaps the worst decision ever made by the Supreme Court.

A fictional chronicle of Dred Scott's life in slavery and his eleven-year fight for freedom in the nineteenth-century American courts, presented from Scott's point of view.

Chronicles the story of Dred and Harriet Scott's struggle to become free from slavery and discusses how their legendary court case contributed to the start of the Civil War.

An analysis of the political and social ramifications of the Dred Scott decision.

Places the events relating to the 1857 Supreme Court decision regarding rights of slaves into the larger context of the conflict about slavery among the states.