The Dred Scott case

The Dred Scott case

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Collection of 85 documents including summons, depositions, writs, bond documents, petitions, motions, affidavits, bills of exception, court orders, jury instructions, verdicts and opinions. These documents all relate to the two Missouri circuit court trials in the cases of Dred and Harriet Scott, h...

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Corporate Author: Saint Louis (Mo.). Circuit Court
Other Authors: Scott, Dred, 1809-1858 (litigant.), Scott, Harriet (litigant.), Emerson, Irene (litigant.), Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 7-1857 (litigant.), Russell, Samuel (litigant.), Murdoch, Francis (attorney for Dred and Harriet Scott.), Goode, George W. (attorney for Sanford, Emerson and Russell.), Bay, S. M. (Samuel Mansfield) (attorney for Dred and Harriet Scott.), Drake, Charles D. (Charles Daniel), 1811-1892 (attorney for Dred and Harriet Scott.)
Format: Kit
Language:English
Published: St. Louis : Washington University in St. Louis, c2000.
Subjects:
Scott, Dred, > 1809-1858 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Scott, Harriet > Trials, litigation, etc.
Emerson, Irene > Trials, litigation, etc.
Sanford, John F. A., > 1806 or 7-1857 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Russell, Samuel > Trials, litigation, etc.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Missouri.
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Summary:Collection of 85 documents including summons, depositions, writs, bond documents, petitions, motions, affidavits, bills of exception, court orders, jury instructions, verdicts and opinions. These documents all relate to the two Missouri circuit court trials in the cases of Dred and Harriet Scott, held from 1846 to 1852.
Item Description:Digital facsimiles of documents housed at the Office of the St. Louis Circuit Clerk.
Title from home page.
Format:Description based on Website as viewed December 8, 2000.

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