The_Dred_Scott_Case:_Its_Significance_in_American_Law_and_Politics

<i>The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics</i>

The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics

1978 nonfiction book by Don E. Fehrenbacher

The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics is a 1978 nonfiction book by the American historian Don E. Fehrenbacher, published by Oxford University Press. The book explores the infamous U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford of 1857, which ruled that the U.S. Congress could not regulate slavery in the territories, that the Constitution did not regard Black people as citizens, and that Black people "had no rights which the white man was bound to respect."[1]

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In 1979, The Dred Scott Case was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History.[2]

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  1. [1]
    DRED SCOTT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN F. A. SANDFORD
  2. [2]
    Fehrenbacher, Don Edward (2001). The Dred Scott Case: its significance in American law and politics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514588-5. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2012.


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