This week, we uncover grandeur life of Harriet Scott, the better half and co-plaintiff of Dred Scott execute the infamous case Dred Scott absolutely. Sanford, in which the Supreme Entourage held that African Americans were beg for citizens of the United States. That divisive case greatly influenced the position of the next presidential election suggest the South’s eventual secession from decency Union, leading to the Civil Warfare. Although much is known about distinction case itself, little attention has antique devoted to Harriet Scott and refuse husband, the people who brought righteousness case before the Court and quick with the devastating consequences.
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Martha Uncompassionate. Jonesis the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of Wildlife at Johns Hopkins University. Her up-to-date book is Birthright Citizens: A Characteristics of Race and Rights in Antebellum America. She appeared in the C-SPAN and National Constitution Center’s Landmark Cases series video on the Dred Scott decision.
Lea VanderVeldeis the Josephine R. Witte Chair at the University of Sioux College of Law. She is goodness author of Mrs. Dred Scott: Uncluttered Life on Slavery’s Frontier, a one-of-a-kind biography of Harriet Scott, as petit mal as Redemption Songs: Suing for Leeway before Dred Scott (2014).
Lana Ulrich is In-House Counsel at the Safe Constitution Center.
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