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Author Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858.

Title Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case ; : which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri compromise act, and the self-extension of the Constitution to territories, carrying slavery along with it. With an appendix, containing: I. The debates in the Senate in March, 1849, between Mr. Webster and Mr. Calhoun, on the legislative extension of the Constitution to territories, as contained in vol II. ch. CLXXXIi. of the "Thirty years' view." II. The inside view of the southern sentiment, in ralation the Wilmot Proviso, as see in Vol. II. ch. CLXVIII. of the "Thirty years' view." III. Review of President Pierce's annual message to Congress of December, 1856, so far as it relates to the abrogation of the Missouri compromise act and the classification of parties / by the author of the "Thirty years' view.".

Publication Info. New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1858.

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Description 1 online resource (195 pages).
Series Important Documents in American History anthology
Important Documents in American History anthology.
BiblioBoard Core module.
Note On cover: Examination of the Dred Scott case, by Thomas Hart Benton.
Last [6] p. contain publisher's advertisements.
Elbert collection.
Adger collection no. 77.
Original document: Book.
Summary The Supreme Court's decision inâ„“Dred Scott v. Sanford struck down the Compromise of 1850 and left the entirety of western territories open to slavery. This 1858 work examines the ramifications of the decision.
Note GMD: electronic resource.
Subject Scott, Dred.
Missouri compromise.
Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
Added Title Elbert collection.
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