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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 / by the Author of the "Thirty years' view".

Author/creator Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : D. Appleton and Co., 1857.
Description193 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)
Running title Examination of the Supreme Court's decision
Series Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteSlavery; Antebellum.
Local note2012AG77300.
Local noteSlavery; Antebellum.
Local note2012AG77300.
General note"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 relation to the Wilmot proviso, as seen 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."
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 4785.

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