The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:David Thomas Konig (Editor), Paul Finkelman (Editor), Christopher Alan Bracey (Editor)Series:Law Society & Politics in the MidwestPublish date:6/8/2010Pages:292
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio University PressISBN-13:9780821419113ISBN-10:821419110UPC:9780821419113Book Category:History, Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Civil Rights, SlaveryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.2302Product ID:SC6C41F9W4
The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and Law
In 1846 two slaves, Dred and Harriet Scott, filed petitions for their freedom in the Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. As the first true civil rights case decided by the U.S.
Series: Law Society & Politics in the Midwest
Language:EnglishPublisher:Ohio University PressISBN-13:9780821419113ISBN-10:821419110UPC:9780821419113Book Category:History, Law, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Civil Rights, SlaveryBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.2302Product ID:SC6C41F9W4
David Thomas Konig is a professor of history and a professor of law at Washington University, St. Louis. He is the author or editor of articles, books, and documentary collections on American legal history from the first colonial settlements to the Civil War, including Law and Society in Puritan Massachusetts: Essex County, 1629-1692 and Devising Liberty: Creating and Preserving Freedom in the...
Publisher: Ohio University Press
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